Over 30 years of retirement, Lemmon would collect as much as $1.47 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Lemmon received $30,992 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lemmon will have already received $95,794 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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