Over 30 years of retirement, Carpenter would collect as much as $521,236, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Carpenter received $10,956 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Carpenter will have already received $22,241 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.