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Former state university employee Tofilski paid in $17K to pension fund, could collect $794K in retirement

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Former state university employee Mary Tofilski, who retired in July 2016, saved $17,360 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Tofilski would collect as much as $794,294, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Tofilski received $16,695 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Tofilski will have already received $33,891 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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