West Central Reporter

Former state university employee Edward Heflin, who retired in August 2017, saved $90,302 toward a pension over 17 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Heflin would collect as much as $1.2 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Heflin received $25,121 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Heflin will have already received $105,098 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.