Sangamon Sun

Former state school employee Precious Afolayan, who retired in January 2018, saved $96,673 toward a pension over 13 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Afolayan would collect as much as $1.5 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Afolayan received $31,518 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Afolayan will have already received $97,420 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.