West Central Reporter

Former state school employee David Young, who retired in May 2016, saved $111,936 toward a pension over 34 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Young would collect as much as $2.52 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Young received $52,965 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Young will have already received $163,710 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.