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Former battalion chief Byrne paid in $253K to pension fund, could collect $4.92M in retirement

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Former battalion chief John Byrne, who retired in November 2016, saved $253,450 toward a pension over 36 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Byrne would collect as much as $4.92 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Byrne received $103,508 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Byrne will have already received $319,932 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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