Over 30 years of retirement, Spriggs would collect as much as $987,328, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Spriggs received $20,752 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Spriggs will have already received $64,143 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.