Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Dorothy Straughter, who retired in September 2017, saved $28,042 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Straughter would collect as much as $808,138, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Straughter received $16,986 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Straughter will have already received $34,482 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.