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Former state university employee Ruffin paid in $17K to pension fund, could collect $290K in retirement

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Former state university employee Jean Ruffin, who retired in September 2016, saved $16,979 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ruffin would collect as much as $290,305, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Ruffin received $6,102 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Ruffin will have already received $18,861 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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