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:
- Vermont
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- North Dakota
- Massachusetts
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- Colorado
- Kansas
- New Jersey
Life as a Working Mom in Minnesota (1=Best; 25=Average)
- 9th – Day-Care Quality
- 10th – Access to Pediatric Services
- 14th – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
- 30th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
- 3rd – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
- 3rd – Female Unemployment Rate
- 10th – Parental Leave Policy
- 13th – Length of Average Woman’s Workday
- 12th – % 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.