From ABC:

Some public employees make more in retirement than they did on the job. Hundreds of them in Illinois are now being paid six-figure pensions.
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  • * State University Retirement System of Illinois response
  • * Teachers Retirement System response

The top pension paid to a public employee in the state of Illinois last year was nearly $1,000 per day, more than $350,000 a year in retirement pay to a single public employee. But he is not alone. Every year thousands of people find out that the public payroll can be very rewarding, even after their careers are over.