East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Linda Kirby, who retired in January 2017, saved $32,596 toward a pension over 20 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kirby would collect as much as $551,385, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Kirby received $11,589 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Kirby will have already received $35,821 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.