Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Donna Sacco, who retired in July 2017, saved $50,684 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Sacco would collect as much as $913,042, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Sacco received $19,191 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Sacco will have already received $59,318 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.