Over 30 years of retirement, Hays would collect as much as $435,806, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Hays received $9,160 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hays will have already received $38,323 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.