Over 30 years of retirement, Owen would collect as much as $845,064, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Owen received $17,762 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Owen will have already received $36,057 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.