Over 30 years of retirement, Nelson would collect as much as $5.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Illinois Valley Times.
The projection assumes Nelson received $116,465 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Nelson will have already received $236,424 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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