Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Gail Stocchero, who retired in June 2018, saved $179,380 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Stocchero would collect as much as $3.87 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Stocchero received $81,428 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Stocchero will have already received $251,686 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.