Over 30 years of retirement, O'Malley Absalon would collect as much as $1.75 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes O'Malley Absalon received $36,879 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, O'Malley Absalon will have already received $113,989 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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