Mass. — Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and 74% of moms with children under 18 were working in 2024.
A new study released by personal finance website WalletHub, ranked the best and worst states for working moms and Massachusetts came out on top.
In order to help ease the burden on mothers in the workforce, WalletHub compared the attractiveness of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for a working mother based on 17 key metrics. The data set ranges from the median salary for women to the female unemployment rate to day-care quality.
“Massachusetts is the best state for working moms, in part because it has one of the highest numbers of childcare workers per capita, ensuring greater access to reliable childcare options,” the study said.“ Women are also able to take a good amount of time off when they are ready to have a child, as Massachusetts has some of the best parental-leave policies in the country,” it added.
Here are the categories Massachusetts mothers ranked in:
- 1st Day-Care Quality
- 10th Pediatricians per Capita
- 11th Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
- 13th Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
- 14th Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
- 26th Female Unemployment Rate
- 1st Parental-Leave Policy Score
- 7th Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
- 8th % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty
For the full study, visit the link here.
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