Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Christopher Wickham, who retired in April 2016, saved $12,849 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wickham would collect as much as $922,080, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Wickham received $19,381 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Wickham will have already received $19,381 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.