Over 30 years of retirement, Dawson would collect as much as $1.08 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Dawson received $22,634 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Dawson will have already received $94,691 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.