Over 30 years of retirement, Thomas would collect as much as $844,922, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Thomas received $17,759 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Thomas will have already received $54,892 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.