Chambana Sun

Former state school employee Kay Duffield, who retired in May 2018, saved $95,871 toward a pension over 40 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Duffield would collect as much as $2.15 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.

The projection assumes Duffield received $45,199 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Duffield will have already received $139,706 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.