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Former state university employee Parker paid in $152K to pension fund, could collect $2.97M in retirement

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Former state university employee Vincent Parker, who retired in October 2018, saved $151,928 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Parker would collect as much as $2.97 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Parker received $62,347 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Parker will have already received $192,708 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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