Former state university employee Cheryl Camp, who retired in July 2016, saved $82,073 toward a pension over 27 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Camp would collect as much as $1.17 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Camp received $24,578 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Camp will have already received $102,823 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.