Millennials are achieving financial milestones at differenttimes in their lives than earlier generations.
According to a survey from Comet Financial Intelligence,while people are still following the same basic timeline regardingthe order in which financial accomplishments occur, millennials are getting to some goals atdifferent times than earlier generations.
Beginning to save for retirement, for instance, comes at anaverage age of 26.2 overall, since even millennials usually startsaving once they've gotten a job that offers a retirement plan or401(k).
Millennials taking longer to pay off student loans
But when it comes to paying off student loans, millennials aretaking longer to do so than earlier generations — hardlysurprising, though, when one considers how much college tuition hasrisen.
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