Chicago City Wire

Former special education worker Darryl Thompson, who retired in March 2018, saved $132,751 toward a pension over 31 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Thompson would collect as much as $3.06 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Thompson received $64,260 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Thompson will have already received $198,622 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.