Over 30 years of retirement, Hopper would collect as much as $1.31 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Hopper received $27,484 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hopper will have already received $84,951 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.