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Former state university employee Christopher paid in $107K to pension fund, could collect $1.84M in retirement

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Former state university employee Lawrence Christopher, who retired in November 2017, saved $106,928 toward a pension over 18 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Christopher would collect as much as $1.84 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Christopher received $38,773 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Christopher will have already received $119,843 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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