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Former state university employee Kolb paid in $7K to pension fund, could collect $181K in retirement

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Former state university employee Ralph Kolb, who retired in November 2016, saved $7,438 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kolb would collect as much as $181,336, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.

The projection assumes Kolb received $3,811 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Kolb will have already received $7,736 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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