South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Linda Yurkovich, who retired in June 2018, saved $199,116 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Yurkovich would collect as much as $2.8 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Yurkovich received $58,811 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Yurkovich will have already received $246,042 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.