Financial planning

10 best states for student loan debt

More and more employers are looking at college debt repayment as a driver to find new and fresh talent. Earlier this week, we shared with you the top states whose residents have some of the worst college debt; now we share the best.

Nick Otto
By Nick Otto
Former senior editor
Employee Benefit News

10 states with the most student loan debt

Except for mortgages, student loans constitute the largest component of household debt for U.S. employees, and location can play a part in higher education costs. Employers might take note when offering benefits to help workers pay down their loans.

Nick Otto
By Nick Otto
Former senior editor
Employee Benefit News

More employers are worried about screwing up 401(k)s

Employer anxiety about offering you a 401(k) plan is rising rapidly, and for potentially good  and expensive  reasons. Class-action lawyers are targeting a wider variety of alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in retirement offerings and suing a broader range of entities, including college and university 403(b) plans.

By Suzanne Woolley
Writer and editor
Bloomberg

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