West Central Reporter

Former state school employee Pamela Campbell, who retired in January 2018, saved $35,233 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, Campbell would collect as much as $842,764, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Campbell received $17,714 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Campbell will have already received $35,959 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.