East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Maria Debuhr, who retired in June 2017, saved $25,198 toward a pension over 4 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Debuhr would collect as much as $380,177, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Debuhr received $7,991 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Debuhr will have already received $33,432 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.