Over 30 years of retirement, Coakes would collect as much as $2.51 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Coakes received $52,847 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Coakes will have already received $221,091 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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