Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Yolanda Aguilar, who retired in December 2018, saved $36,715 toward a pension over 13 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Aguilar would collect as much as $395,066, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Aguilar received $8,304 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 5 years of retirement, Aguilar will have already received $44,087 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.