Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Stacy Onak, who retired in July 2016, saved $131,229 toward a pension over 30 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Onak would collect as much as $2.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Onak received $53,334 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Onak will have already received $164,850 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.