Over 30 years of retirement, Helton would collect as much as $184,773, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Helton received $3,883 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Helton will have already received $16,244 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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