Over 30 years of retirement, Thoreson would collect as much as $552,242, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Thoreson received $11,607 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 1 years of retirement, Thoreson will have already received $11,607 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.