East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Robert Pryor, who retired in March 2016, saved $31,375 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pryor would collect as much as $1.29 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Pryor received $27,061 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Pryor will have already received $54,934 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.