South Central Reporter

Former state university employee Lesley Stock, who retired in July 2018, saved $6,275 toward a pension over 14 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Stock would collect as much as $84,493, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Stock received $1,776 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Stock will have already received $7,430 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.