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Former state university employee Cameron paid in $97K to pension fund, could collect $2.43M in retirement

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Former state university employee Ellensue Cameron, who retired in April 2018, saved $96,604 toward a pension over 27 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Cameron would collect as much as $2.43 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Cameron received $51,062 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Cameron will have already received $103,656 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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