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Former state university employee Houba paid in $159K to pension fund, could collect $3.73M in retirement

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Former state university employee William Houba, who retired in July 2018, saved $158,611 toward a pension over 31 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Houba would collect as much as $3.73 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Houba received $78,322 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Houba will have already received $158,994 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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