Over 30 years of retirement, Melone would collect as much as $5.67 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Melone received $119,138 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Melone will have already received $368,243 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.