Over 30 years of retirement, Rogers would collect as much as $77,294, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Rogers received $1,624 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Rogers will have already received $5,020 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.