Over 30 years of retirement, Thomas would collect as much as $217,514, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Thomas received $4,572 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Thomas will have already received $19,127 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.