Over 30 years of retirement, Pritikin Berk would collect as much as $3.75 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Pritikin Berk received $78,883 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Pritikin Berk will have already received $243,818 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.