Over 30 years of retirement, Mueller would collect as much as $1.92 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Mueller received $40,255 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Mueller will have already received $124,425 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.