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Former state university employee Yoder paid in $41K to pension fund, could collect $1.17M in retirement

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Former state university employee Benjamin Yoder, who retired in January 2019, saved $40,527 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Yoder would collect as much as $1.17 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Yoder received $24,492 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Yoder will have already received $49,719 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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