Over 30 years of retirement, Madura would collect as much as $4.03 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Madura received $84,739 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Madura will have already received $172,020 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.