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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Former substitute teacher Mark paid in $15K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.11M in retirement

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Former substitute teacher Marsha Mark, who retired in October 2018, saved $14,529 toward a pension over 11 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Mark would collect as much as $1.11 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Mark received $23,300 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Mark will have already received $23,300 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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