South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Vicki Taylor, who retired in January 2016, saved $38,329 toward a pension over 15 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Taylor would collect as much as $860,742, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Taylor received $18,092 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Taylor will have already received $55,921 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.