Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee David Stoppkotte, who retired in January 2016, saved $62,364 toward a pension over 23 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Stoppkotte would collect as much as $1.31 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Stoppkotte received $27,503 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Stoppkotte will have already received $85,009 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.