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Former state university employee Simon paid in $2K to pension fund, could collect $77K in retirement

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Former state university employee Linda Simon, who retired in July 2018, saved $1,561 toward a pension over 1 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Simon would collect as much as $77,129, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Simon received $1,621 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Simon will have already received $1,621 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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