Minnesota Is the 2nd Best State for Working Moms

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, and moms making up nearly three-quarters of all working women -- our number-crunching friends at WalletHub have determined 2016’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms. Be thankful you live in Minnesota.

Here are the Top-Ten States for Working Moms:

1. Vermont
2. Minnesota
3. Connecticut
4. North Dakota
5. Massachusetts
6. Illinois
7. Wisconsin
8. Colorado
9. Kansas
10. New Jersey

Life as a Working Mom in Minnesota (1=Best; 25=Average)

• 9^th – Day-Care Quality
• 10^th – Access to Pediatric Services
• 14^th – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
• 30^th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
• 3^rd – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 3^rd – Female Unemployment Rate
• 10^th – Parental Leave Policy
• 13^th – Length of Average Woman’s Workday
• 12^th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty

And finally, the Bottom-Five states (in case you think you have it bad):

• #46 - Alaska
• #47 - Louisiana
• #48 - South Carolina
• #49 - Alabama
• #50 - Nevada

You can see the full list of state by state rankings by clicking HERE.