Over 30 years of retirement, Poland would collect as much as $1.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Poland received $32,396 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Poland will have already received $100,133 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.