Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Coleman Kendall, who retired in December 2018, saved $18,459 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kendall would collect as much as $914,018, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Kendall received $19,212 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Kendall will have already received $19,212 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.