Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Roberta Coffee, who retired in May 2017, saved $8,784 toward a pension over 5 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Coffee would collect as much as $115,574, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Coffee received $2,429 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Coffee will have already received $10,162 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.