Former state university employee Venetia Stifler, who retired in January 2016, saved $102,979 toward a pension over 25 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Stifler would collect as much as $3.25 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Stifler received $68,361 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Stifler will have already received $138,773 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.