Former state university employee Ronald Logeman, who retired in September 2016, saved $1,473 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Logeman would collect as much as $64,968, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Logeman received $1,365 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Logeman will have already received $2,771 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.