West Central Reporter

Former state school employee Jeffrey Moore, who retired in April 2016, saved $55,241 toward a pension over 12 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 $777,013, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Moore received $16,332 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Moore will have already received $68,328 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.