Over 30 years of retirement, Lavin would collect as much as $522,948, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Lavin received $10,992 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lavin will have already received $33,976 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.