Over 30 years of retirement, Sears would collect as much as $1.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Sears received $36,606 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sears will have already received $113,145 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.