Over 30 years of retirement, Paulsen would collect as much as $2.76 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Grundy Reporter.
The projection assumes Paulsen received $58,071 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Paulsen will have already received $179,491 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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