Over 30 years of retirement, James would collect as much as $959,006, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.
The projection assumes James received $20,157 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, James will have already received $62,304 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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