 TITLE: How Employers Can Help You Pay Off Student Loans CONTENT: A growing number of employers offer student loan repayment assistance as a company benefit. Most tend to be large companies, but that could change as more employers take advantage of tax breaks enacted last year as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Here are six major employers that offer student loan repayment:\n*   **Aetna:** Aetna's Student Loan Repayment Program will match up to $2,000 in student loan payments annually for full-time employees with a lifetime cap of $10,000. Aetna will also match up to $1,000 per year for part-time employees who work 20 hours a week or more with a $5,000 lifetime cap.\n*   **Chegg:** At Chegg, employees working in entry-level through management roles can receive up to $5,000 annually for student loan repayment. Employees at the director level or above may receive up to $3,000 per year. To qualify, you need to have worked with Chegg for at least two years.\n*   **Fidelity Investments:** Fidelity Investments' Step Ahead Student Loan Assistance Program pays up to $10,000 of an eligible employee's student loans. Since Fidelity started the program in 2016, more than 12,000 Fidelity employees have taken advantage of it, collectively saving $58 million in principal and an estimated $27 million in interest, according to the company.\n*   **Google:** Google will match up to $2,500 per year in student loan payments. The student loan payment program launched in 2021 and Google aims to expand it globally.\n*   **New York Life:** New York Life offers up to $10,200 in student loan payments over five years to eligible employees.\n*   **PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC):** The PwC Student Loan Paydown benefit pays up to $1,200 per year on student loans for associates and senior associates. END