Over 30 years of retirement, Hite would collect as much as $834,092, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Hite received $17,532 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hite will have already received $73,348 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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