South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Marcia Callan, who retired in May 2016, saved $68,785 toward a pension over 22 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Callan would collect as much as $985,393, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Callan received $20,712 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Callan will have already received $86,650 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.