Over 30 years of retirement, Coulson would collect as much as $986,061, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Coulson received $20,726 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Coulson will have already received $42,074 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.