Lake County Gazette

Former state school employee Sheryl Bramnik, who retired in June 2017, saved $152,589 toward a pension over 29 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bramnik would collect as much as $2.77 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.

The projection assumes Bramnik received $58,308 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Bramnik will have already received $180,224 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.