Over 30 years of retirement, Diaz would collect as much as $1.6 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Diaz received $33,561 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Diaz will have already received $103,734 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.