Over 30 years of retirement, Nickel would collect as much as $420,157, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Nickel received $8,831 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Nickel will have already received $17,927 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.