Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Miriam Rosenbush, who retired in April 2016, saved $40,858 toward a pension over 13 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Rosenbush would collect as much as $653,269, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Rosenbush received $13,731 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Rosenbush will have already received $42,441 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.