Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee Barbara Stuart, who retired in May 2016, saved $151,607 toward a pension over 29 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Stuart would collect as much as $3.17 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Stuart received $66,599 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Stuart will have already received $205,851 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.