Metro East Sun

Former state university employee Dian Proffitt, who retired in January 2018, saved $43,527 toward a pension over 22 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Proffitt would collect as much as $707,847, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Metro East Sun.

The projection assumes Proffitt received $14,878 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Proffitt will have already received $45,986 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.