Over 30 years of retirement, Lay would collect as much as $1.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rockford Sun.
The projection assumes Lay received $36,543 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lay will have already received $112,950 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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