East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Shawn Brown, who retired in April 2018, saved $14,781 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Brown would collect as much as $867,107, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Brown received $18,225 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Brown will have already received $18,225 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.