West Central Reporter

Former state school employee Vicki Hendrickson, who retired in July 2016, saved $1,561 toward a pension over 1 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hendrickson would collect as much as $47,042, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Hendrickson received $988 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Hendrickson will have already received $2,006 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.