Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Thomas Skowronski, who retired in July 2016, saved $37,142 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Skowronski would collect as much as $848,792, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Skowronski received $17,841 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Skowronski will have already received $55,144 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.