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The MetLifeÂ® study reveals that employers and employees have different expectations from benefits. Because of this, employers often underestimate the importance of benefits to their employees. Figure 2 shows that, outside of their wages, employees most value health insurance, retirement products and other insurance. In other words, they place the highest value on the benefits that impact their personal and financial well-being.
Employers will be happy to see that our employee benefits study found that other than healthcare benefits, the most desirable employee benefits are relatively low cost. Read on to see which benefits are the most coveted by employees and which are the best value to employers. We gave 2,000 people a list of 17 benefits and asked them how heavily they would weigh each benefit when deciding between a high-paying job and a lower-paying job with more benefits.