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Former lieutenant Owcarz paid in $217K to pension fund, could collect $4.03M in retirement

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Former lieutenant Michael Owcarz, who retired in November 2016, saved $216,628 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, Owcarz would collect as much as $4.03 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Owcarz received $84,797 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Owcarz will have already received $262,099 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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