Over 30 years of retirement, Knodle would collect as much as $1.51 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rockford Sun.
The projection assumes Knodle received $31,636 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Knodle will have already received $97,784 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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