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Former state university employee Mikulic paid in $51K to pension fund, could collect $2.88M in retirement

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Former state university employee Donald Mikulic, who retired in June 2017, saved $51,441 toward a pension over 17 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Mikulic would collect as much as $2.88 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Mikulic received $60,620 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Mikulic will have already received $60,620 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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