Over 30 years of retirement, Dickens would collect as much as $4.17 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Dickens received $87,745 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Dickens will have already received $271,210 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.