Over 30 years of retirement, Wilhoit would collect as much as $5.34 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McHenry Times.
The projection assumes Wilhoit received $112,297 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Wilhoit will have already received $347,099 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.