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Former state university employee Nelson paid in $43K to pension fund, could collect $864K in retirement

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Former state university employee Michael Nelson, who retired in September 2017, saved $42,800 toward a pension over 26 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Nelson would collect as much as $863,550, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.

The projection assumes Nelson received $18,151 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Nelson will have already received $56,104 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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