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Former state university employee Hare paid in $71K to pension fund, could collect $1.96M in retirement

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Former state university employee Kevin Hare, who retired in January 2016, saved $71,001 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hare would collect as much as $1.96 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Hare received $41,211 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Hare will have already received $83,658 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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