 This $38,000 per year increase, based solely on her short employment with the governor would result in an additional $798,000 over her lifetime based on the 21-year life expectancy for a 63-year-old woman predicted by Social Security Administration actuarial tables.Adjusting for the statutorily mandated cost of living increases (3% annually), the total amount of additional pension benefits Ronen extracted from Illinois for just six weeks of work with the embattled former Governor Rod Blagojevich exceeds $1 million.This amount, like the rest of her pension, is free of state income tax.