Carbondale Reporter

Former state school employee Janice Luecking Catron, who retired in May 2018, saved $62,061 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, Luecking Catron would collect as much as $872,154, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.

The projection assumes Luecking Catron received $18,332 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Luecking Catron will have already received $76,693 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.