Over 30 years of retirement, Mercer would collect as much as $144,907, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Mercer received $3,045 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 5 years of retirement, Mercer will have already received $16,165 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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