Over 30 years of retirement, Ladner Mathis would collect as much as $851,253, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Ladner Mathis received $17,892 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Ladner Mathis will have already received $74,854 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.