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Former state university employee Pellegrino paid in $242K to pension fund, could collect $6.13M in retirement

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Former state university employee Mary Ann Pellegrino, who retired in August 2016, saved $241,538 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pellegrino would collect as much as $6.13 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.

The projection assumes Pellegrino received $128,917 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Pellegrino will have already received $261,702 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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