Over 30 years of retirement, Esposito would collect as much as $283,916, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Esposito received $5,967 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Esposito will have already received $18,443 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.