Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Deborah Bagger, who retired in May 2017, saved $20,880 toward a pension over 11 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bagger would collect as much as $237,844, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Bagger received $4,999 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Bagger will have already received $20,913 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.