Over 30 years of retirement, Lewis would collect as much as $895,761, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Lewis received $18,828 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Lewis will have already received $38,221 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.