Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Thomas Kuhn, who retired in June 2016, saved $36,039 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kuhn would collect as much as $521,350, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Kuhn received $10,958 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Kuhn will have already received $45,846 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.