Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Donald Depa, who retired in June 2016, saved $244,222 toward a pension over 43 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Depa would collect as much as $5.99 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Depa received $125,979 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Depa will have already received $255,737 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.