Former state university employee Daphne Staples, who retired in December 2017, saved $28,626 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Staples would collect as much as $339,077, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Staples received $7,127 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Staples will have already received $29,817 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.