Over 30 years of retirement, Sharma would collect as much as $2.93 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Sharma received $61,524 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sharma will have already received $190,165 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.