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Former state university employee Ogden paid in $45K to pension fund, could collect $1.06M in retirement

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Former state university employee Linda Ogden, who retired in January 2016, saved $45,004 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ogden would collect as much as $1.06 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Ogden received $22,182 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Ogden will have already received $45,029 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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