Over 30 years of retirement, Knopf would collect as much as $72,379, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Metro East Sun.
The projection assumes Knopf received $1,521 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Knopf will have already received $4,702 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.