Over 30 years of retirement, Sawicki would collect as much as $3.67 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Sawicki received $77,165 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sawicki will have already received $238,509 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.