financial wellness engaged and productive toxic impact some anxiety economic headwinds Related: Employees want financial wellness, just don't call it that FML: Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression - For boomers, 309 hours of minimum wage work was all it took to pay for four years of public college. For millennials, it had grown to 4,459 hours.
- In 1973, the author's father bought his first home at age 29 for $124,000 in today's dollars – which back then was equal to only 20 months of his salary. A similar home in 2018 is $730,000, equal to 10 years of the author's salary.
- 25-34 year olds lack health insurance more than any other cohort and millennials have more medical debt than their parents.
Scott Thompson is CEO of Tuition.io, the nation's first and most comprehensive employer-funded student loan contribution platform. Scott's mission at Tuition.io is to expand student debt relief among companies in the US until it becomes the norm, not the exception.NOT FOR REPRINT
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