Over 30 years of retirement, Halstead would collect as much as $4.14 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Halstead received $87,065 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Halstead will have already received $176,742 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.