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Former state university employee Carr paid in $23K to pension fund, could collect $1.1M in retirement

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Former state university employee Cindy Carr, who retired in January 2016, saved $22,511 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Carr would collect as much as $1.1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Carr received $23,023 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Carr will have already received $23,023 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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