South Central Reporter

Former state university employee Connie Wiese, who retired in July 2016, saved $2,136 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Wiese would collect as much as $28,425, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Wiese received $597 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Wiese will have already received $2,497 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.