Over 30 years of retirement, Szymanski would collect as much as $879,616, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Szymanski received $18,488 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Szymanski will have already received $77,347 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.