Over 30 years of retirement, Walter would collect as much as $1.73 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Walter received $36,453 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Walter will have already received $112,673 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.