McLean County Times

Former state university employee Christine Clark, who retired in June 2018, saved $9,550 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Clark would collect as much as $474,650, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.

The projection assumes Clark received $9,976 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Clark will have already received $9,976 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.