Over 30 years of retirement, Marion would collect as much as $617,256, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rockford Sun.
The projection assumes Marion received $12,974 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Marion will have already received $54,278 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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