Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Juanita Hughes, who retired in August 2017, saved $76,191 toward a pension over 14 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hughes would collect as much as $1.08 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Hughes received $22,714 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Hughes will have already received $95,026 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.