Chicago City Wire

Former state university employee Darlene Adlington, who retired in May 2016, saved $42,482 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Adlington would collect as much as $464,905, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Adlington received $9,771 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 5 years of retirement, Adlington will have already received $51,875 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.