South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Debra Ware, who retired in May 2018, saved $76,870 toward a pension over 20 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ware would collect as much as $1.29 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Ware received $27,186 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Ware will have already received $84,030 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.