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Former state university employee Hedin paid in $36K to pension fund, could collect $715K in retirement

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Former state university employee Richard Hedin, who retired in July 2016, saved $35,516 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hedin would collect as much as $714,710, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Hedin received $15,022 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Hedin will have already received $46,432 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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