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Former state university employee Richmond paid in $2K to pension fund, could collect $310K in retirement

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Former state university employee Nathan Richmond, who retired in July 2016, saved $2,175 toward a pension over 2 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Richmond would collect as much as $309,670, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Richmond received $6,509 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Richmond will have already received $6,509 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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