Over 30 years of retirement, Feather would collect as much as $1.16 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Feather received $24,364 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Feather will have already received $101,930 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.