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Former state university employee Peacock paid in $58K to pension fund, could collect $1.51M in retirement

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Former state university employee Jennifer Peacock, who retired in July 2016, saved $57,953 toward a pension over 29 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Peacock would collect as much as $1.51 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Peacock received $31,660 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Peacock will have already received $64,270 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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