Over 30 years of retirement, Christie would collect as much as $397,064, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Christie received $8,346 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Christie will have already received $25,796 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.