West Central Reporter

Former state school employee Connie Charlesworth, who retired in June 2016, saved $89,792 toward a pension over 27 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Charlesworth would collect as much as $1.47 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Charlesworth received $30,892 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Charlesworth will have already received $95,485 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.