Over 30 years of retirement, Carley would collect as much as $5.77 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Carley received $121,247 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Carley will have already received $374,762 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.