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Former state university employee Thompson paid in $9K to pension fund, could collect $677K in retirement

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Former state university employee Larry Thompson, who retired in June 2017, saved $8,557 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Thompson would collect as much as $676,762, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Thompson received $14,225 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Thompson will have already received $14,225 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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