Over 30 years of retirement, Clifford would collect as much as $4.11 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Clifford received $86,446 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Clifford will have already received $267,195 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.