Over 30 years of retirement, Murphy would collect as much as $1.32 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Galesburg Reporter.
The projection assumes Murphy received $27,675 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Murphy will have already received $56,180 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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