Over 30 years of retirement, Cleary would collect as much as $2.31 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Cleary received $48,612 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Cleary will have already received $203,373 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.