Over 30 years of retirement, Rao would collect as much as $9.04 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Rao received $189,933 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Rao will have already received $385,564 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.