Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Luevenia Metcalf, who retired in August 2018, saved $59,607 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Metcalf would collect as much as $947,599, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Metcalf received $19,917 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Metcalf will have already received $61,562 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.