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Former state university employee Jamison paid in $36K to pension fund, could collect $577K in retirement

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Former state university employee Sharie Jamison, who retired in July 2016, saved $35,934 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Jamison would collect as much as $577,436, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Jamison received $12,137 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Jamison will have already received $37,514 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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