Former state university employee David Chu, who retired in August 2016, saved $246,805 toward a pension over 28 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Chu would collect as much as $5.64 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Chu received $118,576 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Chu will have already received $366,506 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.