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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Former EMT lieutenant Ryan paid in $195K to pension fund, could collect $4.25M in retirement

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Former EMT lieutenant Thomas Ryan, who retired in November 2016, saved $195,419 toward a pension over 31 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ryan would collect as much as $4.25 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Ryan received $89,355 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Ryan will have already received $276,188 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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