Kane County Reporter

Former state school employee Bernadine Akgulian, who retired in May 2017, saved $13,453 toward a pension over 8 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Akgulian would collect as much as $179,509, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.

The projection assumes Akgulian received $3,773 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Akgulian will have already received $15,785 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.