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Former EMT battalion chief Arnswald paid in $270K to pension fund, could collect $5.37M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Thomas Arnswald, who retired in November 2017, saved $270,027 toward a pension over 37 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Arnswald would collect as much as $5.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Arnswald received $112,786 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Arnswald will have already received $348,611 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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