Over 30 years of retirement, Shearer would collect as much as $617,998, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Shearer received $12,989 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Shearer will have already received $40,148 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.