Over 30 years of retirement, Snopko would collect as much as $659,966, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Snopko received $13,872 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Snopko will have already received $58,036 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.