East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Cynthia Wise, who retired in January 2016, saved $886 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wise would collect as much as $39,643, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Wise received $833 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Wise will have already received $1,691 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.