Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Sandra Moore, who retired in March 2016, saved $68,900 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Moore would collect as much as $1.25 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Moore received $26,259 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Moore will have already received $81,164 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.