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Former state university employee Wisotzki paid in $16K to pension fund, could collect $1M in retirement

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Former state university employee Paula Wisotzki, who retired in September 2016, saved $16,207 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wisotzki would collect as much as $1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Wisotzki received $21,088 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Wisotzki will have already received $21,088 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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