Over 30 years of retirement, Payne would collect as much as $2.94 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Payne received $61,727 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Payne will have already received $125,306 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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