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Former state university employee Ayala paid in $111K to pension fund, could collect $1.65M in retirement

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Former state university employee Tony Ayala, who retired in July 2016, saved $111,336 toward a pension over 18 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ayala would collect as much as $1.65 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.

The projection assumes Ayala received $34,681 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Ayala will have already received $145,092 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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