Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Christine Douglas, who retired in January 2017, saved $30,055 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Douglas would collect as much as $532,722, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Douglas received $11,197 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Douglas will have already received $34,609 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.