Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Norine Kapicak, who retired in June 2016, saved $137,997 toward a pension over 24 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kapicak would collect as much as $2.63 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Kapicak received $55,186 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Kapicak will have already received $170,575 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.