Over 30 years of retirement, Peters would collect as much as $1.26 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Peters received $26,389 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Peters will have already received $81,566 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.