Over 30 years of retirement, Tapia would collect as much as $935,182, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Tapia received $19,656 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Tapia will have already received $60,755 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.