Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Ellen Brenner, who retired in April 2017, saved $13,349 toward a pension over 8 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Brenner would collect as much as $209,048, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Brenner received $4,394 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Brenner will have already received $13,582 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.