Over 30 years of retirement, Thomason would collect as much as $160,915, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Thomason received $3,382 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Thomason will have already received $10,452 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.