West Central Reporter

Former state school employee Leslie Jefferson, who retired in May 2016, saved $95,111 toward a pension over 31 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Jefferson would collect as much as $1.84 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Jefferson received $38,700 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Jefferson will have already received $119,618 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.