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Former state university employee Olsen paid in $101K to pension fund, could collect $2.13M in retirement

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Former state university employee Kathryn Olsen, who retired in June 2017, saved $101,150 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Olsen would collect as much as $2.13 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Olsen received $44,672 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Olsen will have already received $138,076 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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