Over 30 years of retirement, Basler would collect as much as $283,106, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Basler received $5,950 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Basler will have already received $18,392 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.