Over 30 years of retirement, Shannon would collect as much as $242,246, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Shannon received $5,091 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Shannon will have already received $21,299 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.