Over 30 years of retirement, Wheeler would collect as much as $1.95 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Metro East Sun.
The projection assumes Wheeler received $40,989 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Wheeler will have already received $171,485 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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