Chicago City Wire

Former state school employee Adrian Rosu, who retired in July 2018, saved $86,504 toward a pension over 18 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Rosu would collect as much as $1.45 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Rosu received $30,406 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Rosu will have already received $93,982 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.