West Central Reporter

Former state university employee Lawrence Robinson, who retired in June 2016, saved $24,614 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Robinson would collect as much as $367,314, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Robinson received $7,720 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Robinson will have already received $32,300 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.