Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Gloria Martinez, who retired in January 2019, saved $83,193 toward a pension over 27 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Martinez would collect as much as $1.38 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Martinez received $28,992 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Martinez will have already received $89,612 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.