Over 30 years of retirement, Zeman would collect as much as $607,026, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Zeman received $12,759 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Zeman will have already received $39,437 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.