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Former state university employee Peabody paid in $83K to pension fund, could collect $2.53M in retirement

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Former state university employee Bessie Peabody, who retired in September 2018, saved $83,279 toward a pension over 20 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Peabody would collect as much as $2.53 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.

The projection assumes Peabody received $53,264 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Peabody will have already received $108,126 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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