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Former state university employee Spencer paid in $37K to pension fund, could collect $397K in retirement

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Former state university employee Lynn Spencer, who retired in December 2016, saved $36,580 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Spencer would collect as much as $396,596, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Spencer received $8,336 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 5 years of retirement, Spencer will have already received $44,257 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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