Over 30 years of retirement, Owen would collect as much as $4.23 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Owen received $88,813 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Owen will have already received $274,511 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.