Over 30 years of retirement, Pilarski would collect as much as $1.81 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Pilarski received $38,009 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Pilarski will have already received $77,158 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.