East Central Reporter

Former state school employee Connie Mankin, who retired in May 2016, saved $82,814 toward a pension over 22 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Mankin would collect as much as $1.34 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Mankin received $28,077 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Mankin will have already received $86,783 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.