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Former state university employee Leverenz paid in $86K to pension fund, could collect $1.62M in retirement

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Former state university employee Michael Leverenz, who retired in August 2017, saved $85,815 toward a pension over 20 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Leverenz would collect as much as $1.62 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Leverenz received $34,149 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Leverenz will have already received $105,550 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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