Dupage Policy Journal

Former state school employee David Yelaska, who retired in May 2018, saved $131,644 toward a pension over 24 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Yelaska would collect as much as $2.53 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Yelaska received $53,089 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Yelaska will have already received $164,093 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.