Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Kimberly Wurl, who retired in February 2019, saved $24,166 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wurl would collect as much as $391,640, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Wurl received $8,232 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Wurl will have already received $25,444 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.