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Former state university employee Fujiura paid in $223K to pension fund, could collect $4.5M in retirement

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Former state university employee Glenn Fujiura, who retired in September 2016, saved $222,721 toward a pension over 27 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Fujiura would collect as much as $4.5 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Fujiura received $94,688 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Fujiura will have already received $292,672 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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