Dupage Policy Journal

Former state university employee Patrick Arthurs, who retired in June 2016, saved $10,206 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Arthurs would collect as much as $142,372, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Arthurs received $2,992 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Arthurs will have already received $12,517 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.