Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Diana McIlvane, who retired in June 2016, saved $99,749 toward a pension over 32 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, McIlvane would collect as much as $2.98 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes McIlvane received $62,561 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, McIlvane will have already received $126,999 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.