Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Ildiko Mason, who retired in June 2018, saved $132,505 toward a pension over 31 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Mason would collect as much as $2.35 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Mason received $49,340 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Mason will have already received $152,505 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.