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Former state university employee Hickey paid in $131K to pension fund, could collect $3.42M in retirement

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Former state university employee Mary Hickey, who retired in March 2016, saved $131,021 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hickey would collect as much as $3.42 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Hickey received $71,938 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Hickey will have already received $146,034 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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