The list of companies deciding to help employees with their student loan debt is growing. Aetna recently announced that next year it’ll match eligible employees’ student loan payments up to $2,000 per year, with a maximum benefit of $10,000.
Only 4 percent of companies offer a student loan repayment assistance benefit, according to the latest annual survey by the Society of Human Resource Management. But Lenny Sanicola, a benefits expert at WorldatWork, a nonprofit association of 70,000 mostly Fortune 500 human resource professionals, says that the perk is catching on.
Given that the average amount of student debt is about $37,000, $10,000 is a significant benefit. That, matched with the grad’s payments, can help retire more than half t…
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