Over 30 years of retirement, Spiegel Hopkins would collect as much as $388,786, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Spiegel Hopkins received $8,172 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Spiegel Hopkins will have already received $25,259 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.