Over 30 years of retirement, Ferguson would collect as much as $872,097, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Ferguson received $18,330 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Ferguson will have already received $37,210 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.