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Former state university employee Shupe paid in $39K to pension fund, could collect $804K in retirement

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Former state university employee Laura Shupe, who retired in July 2016, saved $39,464 toward a pension over 20 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Shupe would collect as much as $804,485, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Shupe received $16,909 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Shupe will have already received $52,263 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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