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Former state university employee Zerwekh paid in $208K to pension fund, could collect $5.07M in retirement

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Former state university employee Robert Zerwekh, who retired in January 2016, saved $208,177 toward a pension over 29 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Zerwekh would collect as much as $5.07 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.

The projection assumes Zerwekh received $106,532 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Zerwekh will have already received $216,260 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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