Companies need to understand and help combat those stressors — particularly since, according to the study, researchers give one major incentive to do so: they estimate that workplace stress accounts for $190 billion in health care costs.

While politics is the top outside-the-workplace stressor, with 28 percent of respondents citing it at the top of their list, other problems included personal finances, family responsibilities, and lack of sleep. Inside the workplace, it’s a different story, with the dominant fear the loss of jobs to AI or new technology, according to 43 percent.

But of course that’s not all they’re worried about; other top-ranking stressors include the pressure to master new skills quickly to keep up with changing job responsibilities (52 percent) and feeling underskilled for the job (42 percent). Millennials and Gen Z workers are feeling the stress most, with 64 percent saying they feeling stressed all or most of the time at work.

So how are they fighting it? While 58 percent of workers have turned to company-sponsored skills training, 42 percent have gone so far as to invest their own money in professional development. In addition, 54 percent are relying on meditation and physical activity for stress relief. A sizeable percentage has even opted to pursue therapy or counseling, with millennials the most likely age group to do so.

And how can companies help? First and foremost, by providing training which actually gets through to employees in ways they can best absorb — especially since 57 percent of workers ranked opportunities to learn and grow as one of the most important aspects of workplace culture. Not only that, but that’s where many look for stress relief at work: 48 percent say that investing more in professional development is one of the highest-impact strategies to fight stress that their company can do for them.

With 54 percent of millennials and Gen Z employees preferring more personalized, one-on-one coaching as their preferred form of learning and 47 percent saying they’d like their companies to offer on-demand learning opportunities, it’s obvious that there’s work to be done along those lines.

But technical skills aren’t the only area where millennials in particular need help, especially if they’re going to move up the ladder — although only 43 percent of them believe they need to strengthen soft skills in such areas as teambuilding, problem solving, communication and management/leadership. In fact, even fewer think their companies value such skills.

Asked how companies can help millennials relieve stress, 72 percent say wellness initiatives, while 56 percent opt for more professional development, 50 percent choose more diverse skills training and 34 percent say they need to hire more people. Without better training for the staff they already have, companies could find themselves hiring even more additional people as they seek employees with stronger soft skills.