Over 30 years of retirement, Mason Gholston would collect as much as $2.06 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Mason Gholston received $43,260 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Mason Gholston will have already received $133,713 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.