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Former state university employee Garvey paid in $29K to pension fund, could collect $1.49M in retirement

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Former state university employee Therese Garvey, who retired in April 2016, saved $28,800 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Garvey would collect as much as $1.49 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.

The projection assumes Garvey received $31,375 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Garvey will have already received $31,375 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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