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Former state school employee Laughton paid in $105K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.61M in retirement

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Former state school employee Carol Laughton, who retired in May 2016, saved $104,824 toward a pension over 40 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Laughton would collect as much as $2.61 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Laughton received $54,906 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Laughton will have already received $111,459 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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