Over 30 years of retirement, Arnold would collect as much as $1.83 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Arnold received $38,502 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Arnold will have already received $119,006 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.