Kendall County Times

Former state school employee Laurie Bridge, who retired in June 2016, saved $138,991 toward a pension over 36 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bridge would collect as much as $3.38 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kendall County Times.

The projection assumes Bridge received $71,083 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Bridge will have already received $144,298 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.