Over 30 years of retirement, Wilhelm would collect as much as $5.81 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Wilhelm received $122,162 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Wilhelm will have already received $377,591 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.