Metro East Sun

Former state school employee Norman Dahm, who retired in May 2018, saved $203,781 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Dahm would collect as much as $4.41 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Metro East Sun.

The projection assumes Dahm received $92,692 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Dahm will have already received $286,502 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.