Over 30 years of retirement, Baldridge would collect as much as $1.4 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SW Illinois News.
The projection assumes Baldridge received $29,481 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Baldridge will have already received $91,122 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.