Chicago City Wire

Former school social worker Patricia Morin, who retired in April 2018, saved $108,819 toward a pension over 21 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Morin would collect as much as $1.28 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Morin received $26,939 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Morin will have already received $112,701 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.