South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Mary Martin, who retired in May 2016, saved $92,843 toward a pension over 23 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Martin would collect as much as $1.32 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Martin received $27,708 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Martin will have already received $115,919 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.