Over 30 years of retirement, Hays would collect as much as $2.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Hays received $49,764 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hays will have already received $153,816 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.