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Former state university employee Walker paid in $172K to pension fund, could collect $4.21M in retirement

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Former state university employee John Walker, who retired in May 2016, saved $171,952 toward a pension over 32 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Walker would collect as much as $4.21 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.

The projection assumes Walker received $88,485 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Walker will have already received $179,625 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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