Chicago City Wire

Former state school employee Kim Crawford, who retired in May 2018, saved $209,662 toward a pension over 34 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Crawford would collect as much as $5.29 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Crawford received $111,139 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Crawford will have already received $225,612 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.