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Former state university employee Martinez paid in $50K to pension fund, could collect $833K in retirement

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Former state university employee Miguel Martinez, who retired in October 2016, saved $50,149 toward a pension over 18 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Martinez would collect as much as $833,252, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Martinez received $17,514 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Martinez will have already received $54,133 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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