Chicago City Wire

Former state school employee Christine Anenen, who retired in March 2016, saved $170,086 toward a pension over 41 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Anenen would collect as much as $3.47 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Anenen received $73,007 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Anenen will have already received $225,657 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.