Former state university employee Gary Motta, who retired in June 2016, saved $2,053 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Motta would collect as much as $29,492, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Motta received $619 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Motta will have already received $2,591 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.