Over 30 years of retirement, Longley would collect as much as $587,940, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Longley received $12,358 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Longley will have already received $38,198 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.