Over 30 years of retirement, Pickett would collect as much as $74,765, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Pickett received $1,571 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Pickett will have already received $4,856 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.