Over 30 years of retirement, Lerma would collect as much as $550,923, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Lerma received $11,580 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lerma will have already received $35,792 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.