Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Maria Muyot, who retired in July 2018, saved $35,924 toward a pension over 11 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Muyot would collect as much as $531,586, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Muyot received $11,173 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Muyot will have already received $46,743 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.