Over 30 years of retirement, Joyner Keene would collect as much as $1.04 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Joyner Keene received $21,840 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Joyner Keene will have already received $67,505 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.