High-compensated Employees Worry About Healthcare Costs.

Who worries more about health costs -  lower-paid or higher paid employees?

Answer -  Both groups worry equally about their out-of-pocket medical costs, according to a PNC Services Group survey of 1,485 employees. Nearly 52% of all respondents â.” regardless of income â.”cited the unpredictability of medical costs as their No. 1 financial-planning concern.

Other common financial-planning fears that affect staff of all salary levels -

o  eldercare. Over half the respondents with children were afraid their offspring may be forced to pay for the parents’ long-term care, and

o  financial stability. 47 percent of mid- to high-salary employees said they were concerned about sustaining or increasing wealth.