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Former state school employee Hodges paid in $137K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.77M in retirement

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Former state school employee James Hodges, who retired in May 2016, saved $136,825 toward a pension over 31 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hodges would collect as much as $2.77 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Hodges received $58,167 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Hodges will have already received $179,788 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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