To give just one example...a few years ago it was revealed that a bus driver for the MBTA (Greater Boston's public transit system) retired...in his 50s...with a pension of $97,000 a year.
A BUS DRIVER!
I worked in academic medicine for decades and I know physicians and surgeons who don't have a pension that big!
I know Purple Heart 0-6s with 4 combat tours who don't have a pension as high as that bus driver.