Over 30 years of retirement, Mason Hayden would collect as much as $1.9 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Mason Hayden received $40,025 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Mason Hayden will have already received $123,714 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.