Over 30 years of retirement, Swise would collect as much as $584,058, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Swise received $12,276 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Swise will have already received $37,943 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.