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Former EMT fire engineer Pangrazio paid in $151K to pension fund, could collect $2.94M in retirement

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Former EMT fire engineer Robert Pangrazio, who retired in November 2018, saved $150,721 toward a pension over 22 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pangrazio would collect as much as $2.94 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Pangrazio received $61,773 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Pangrazio will have already received $190,934 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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