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Former state university employee Paul paid in $159K to pension fund, could collect $3.63M in retirement

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Former state university employee Bradley Paul, who retired in January 2016, saved $158,514 toward a pension over 27 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Paul would collect as much as $3.63 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Paul received $76,230 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Paul will have already received $235,620 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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