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Former state university employee Palmer paid in $23K to pension fund, could collect $1.18M in retirement

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Former state university employee Stephen Palmer, who retired in September 2017, saved $22,865 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Palmer would collect as much as $1.18 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Palmer received $24,794 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Palmer will have already received $24,794 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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