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Former state university employee Edsall paid in $140K to pension fund, could collect $3.27M in retirement

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Former state university employee Samuel Edsall, who retired in June 2016, saved $139,921 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Edsall would collect as much as $3.27 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Edsall received $68,773 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Edsall will have already received $212,570 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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