Carbondale Reporter

Former state school employee Barbara Moore, who retired in February 2018, saved $109,339 toward a pension over 33 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Moore would collect as much as $2.61 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.

The projection assumes Moore received $54,844 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Moore will have already received $111,333 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.