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Former state university employee Binks paid in $9K to pension fund, could collect $282K in retirement

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Former state university employee Rebecca Binks, who retired in November 2017, saved $8,906 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Binks would collect as much as $282,124, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Binks received $5,930 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Binks will have already received $12,038 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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