Former state university employee John Adams, who retired in October 2018, saved $22,500 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Adams would collect as much as $340,259, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Adams received $7,152 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Adams will have already received $29,923 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.