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Former state university employee Battles paid in $53K to pension fund, could collect $1.33M in retirement

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Former state university employee Patricia Battles, who retired in June 2016, saved $52,758 toward a pension over 28 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Battles would collect as much as $1.33 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Battles received $27,981 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Battles will have already received $56,801 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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