Over 30 years of retirement, Finnan would collect as much as $977,537, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Finnan received $20,547 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Finnan will have already received $41,710 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.