West Central Reporter

Former state university employee Carol Longley, who retired in August 2016, saved $37,907 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Longley would collect as much as $605,433, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Longley received $12,725 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Longley will have already received $39,332 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.