Over 30 years of retirement, Zhong would collect as much as $624,227, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Zhong received $13,120 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Zhong will have already received $40,553 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.