Over 30 years of retirement, Szwajkowski would collect as much as $716,565, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Szwajkowski received $15,061 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Szwajkowski will have already received $30,574 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.