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Break the negative feedback loop with benefits guidance

Middle-income Americans worry about a range of financial issues that often adversely impact their health, personal relationships and on-the-job performance, MassMutuals research shows. Its why MassMutual created MapMyBenefits, a tool that can potentially help boost employees financial wellness and with it, their productivity.

By Jon Shuman | Updated on November 30, 2017
Middle-income Americans worry about a range of financial issues, which can affect their health and on-the-job performance -- but new tools and education can help. (Photo: Getty)

Middle-income Americans are fraught with worry about a range of financial issues, which often adversely impact their health, personal relationships and on-the-job performance, according to research by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). It’s a negative feedback loop that new tools and education now available through the workplace can help break.

Overall, 37 percent of middle-income workers report feeling “not very” or “not at all” financially secure, while the majority (54 percent) describe themselves as “somewhat secure,” according to the MassMutual Middle America Financial Security Study (2017 MassMutual Middle America Financial Security Study). The internet-based research was conducted on behalf of MassMutual by Greenwald & Associates and polled 1,010 working Americans ages 25-65 with annual household incomes of between $35,000 and $150,000 and participated in making household financial decisions.

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