Over 30 years of retirement, Carruthers would collect as much as $730,187, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Carruthers received $15,348 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Carruthers will have already received $31,156 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.