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Former state university employee Celani paid in $9K to pension fund, could collect $447K in retirement

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Former state university employee Paula Celani, who retired in September 2017, saved $9,074 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Celani would collect as much as $447,207, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Celani received $9,399 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Celani will have already received $9,399 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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