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Former state university employee Olson paid in $84K to pension fund, could collect $2.1M in retirement

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Former state university employee Marilyn Olson, who retired in June 2018, saved $84,422 toward a pension over 26 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Olson would collect as much as $2.1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Olson received $44,100 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Olson will have already received $89,523 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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