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Former EMT fire engineer Craig paid in $190K to pension fund, could collect $3.88M in retirement

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Former EMT fire engineer John Craig, who retired in November 2018, saved $190,041 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, Craig would collect as much as $3.88 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Craig received $81,538 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Craig will have already received $252,026 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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