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Former state university employee Allen paid in $14K to pension fund, could collect $895K in retirement

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Former state university employee David Allen, who retired in September 2016, saved $13,800 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Allen would collect as much as $895,424, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Allen received $18,821 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Allen will have already received $18,821 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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