Chicago City Wire

Former teacher Robert Pawlicki, who retired in December 2018, saved $81,002 toward a pension over 13 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pawlicki would collect as much as $1.22 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Pawlicki received $25,744 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Pawlicki will have already received $107,701 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.