Over 30 years of retirement, Carpenter would collect as much as $291,013, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Carpenter received $6,116 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Carpenter will have already received $12,415 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.