Over 30 years of retirement, Gomez would collect as much as $2.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Gomez received $53,425 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Gomez will have already received $165,132 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.