WalletHub: New Jersey is 2022’s 8th best state for working moms

NEW JERSEY – New Jersey is 2022’s 8th best state for working moms, according to a study done by WalletHub.

With Mother’s Day around the corner and 68% of women with children under age 18 having been in the labor force during 2021, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms.

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 women’s salary to the female unemployment rate to day-care quality.

Life as a Working Mom in New Jersey (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

• 16^th – Day-Care Quality
• 19^th – Child-Care Costs (Adjusted for Median Women’s Salary)
• 16^th – Pediatricians per Capita
• 21^st – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
• 16^th – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 5^th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
• 18^th – Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
• 10^th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty

Here are the top 5 best states for working moms:

For the full report, click here.