Dupage Policy Journal

Former state university employee Deborah Freke, who retired in October 2017, saved $19,556 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Freke would collect as much as $322,972, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Freke received $6,788 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Freke will have already received $20,982 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.