Over 30 years of retirement, Major would collect as much as $1.38 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Major received $28,918 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Major will have already received $58,704 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.