Over 30 years of retirement, Swanson would collect as much as $1.1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Swanson received $23,087 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Swanson will have already received $96,588 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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