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Former state university employee Defiglia paid in $1K to pension fund, could collect $44K in retirement

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Former state university employee Robert Defiglia, who retired in December 2018, saved $1,273 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Defiglia would collect as much as $43,959, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Defiglia received $924 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Defiglia will have already received $1,876 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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