Former state university employee Mary Wurtzebach, who retired in October 2018, saved $8,466 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wurtzebach would collect as much as $195,169, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Wurtzebach received $4,102 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Wurtzebach will have already received $12,679 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.