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Former state university employee Simon paid in $9K to pension fund, could collect $141K in retirement

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Former state university employee Diana Simon, who retired in October 2016, saved $9,454 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Simon would collect as much as $140,608, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Simon received $2,955 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Simon will have already received $12,363 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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