Over 30 years of retirement, Rowland would collect as much as $968,825, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Rowland received $20,364 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Rowland will have already received $62,943 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.