Over 30 years of retirement, Escalante would collect as much as $633,596, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Escalante received $13,317 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Escalante will have already received $41,163 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.