Chicago City Wire

Former teacher and speech pathologist Catherine Bradley, who retired in July 2018, saved $176,815 toward a pension over 34 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bradley would collect as much as $3.48 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Bradley received $73,149 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Bradley will have already received $226,095 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.