Kane County Reporter

Former state school employee Alison Johnson, who retired in March 2016, saved $6,652 toward a pension over 7 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Johnson would collect as much as $518,547, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.

The projection assumes Johnson received $10,899 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Johnson will have already received $10,899 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.