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Former state university employee Schwartz paid in $968 to pension fund, could collect $22K in retirement

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Former state university employee Robert Schwartz, who retired in December 2016, saved $968 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Schwartz would collect as much as $21,762, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Schwartz received $457 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Schwartz will have already received $1,413 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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