Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Marissa Benni, who retired in August 2018, saved $22,091 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Benni would collect as much as $840,954, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Benni received $17,676 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Benni will have already received $35,882 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.