East Central Reporter

Former state school employee Ann Hudson, who retired in May 2016, saved $42,356 toward a pension over 12 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hudson would collect as much as $616,337, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Hudson received $12,954 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Hudson will have already received $54,195 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.