Over 30 years of retirement, Estel would collect as much as $194,941, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Estel received $4,097 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Estel will have already received $12,664 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.