Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Susan Hubbard, who retired in May 2016, saved $88,910 toward a pension over 19 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hubbard would collect as much as $1.46 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Hubbard received $30,738 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Hubbard will have already received $95,008 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.