Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Bonnie Resler, who retired in June 2016, saved $5,768 toward a pension over 5 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Resler would collect as much as $91,481, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Resler received $1,922 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Resler will have already received $5,941 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.