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Former state university employee Sears paid in $80K to pension fund, could collect $1.74M in retirement

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Former state university employee Dennis Sears, who retired in May 2016, saved $79,600 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Sears would collect as much as $1.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Sears received $36,606 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Sears will have already received $113,145 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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