Over 30 years of retirement, Pierce would collect as much as $1.39 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Pierce received $29,192 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Pierce will have already received $122,129 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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