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Former state university employee Rogers paid in $3K to pension fund, could collect $63K in retirement

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Former state university employee James Rogers, who retired in June 2016, saved $2,550 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Rogers would collect as much as $63,056, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Rogers received $1,325 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Rogers will have already received $2,690 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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