Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Angelia Roberts Watkins, who retired in January 2016, saved $52,152 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Roberts Watkins would collect as much as $917,044, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Roberts Watkins received $19,275 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Roberts Watkins will have already received $59,577 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.