Over 30 years of retirement, Rodriguez would collect as much as $1.82 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Rodriguez received $38,194 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Rodriguez will have already received $118,054 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.