Over 30 years of retirement, Kartje would collect as much as $6.26 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Kartje received $131,572 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Kartje will have already received $267,091 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.