WalletHub: New Jersey is 2025’s 9th best state for working moms

NEW JERSEY – New Jersey is 2025’s 9th best state for working moms, according to a study done by WalletHub.

With Mother’s Day around the corner and 74% of women with children under age 18 having been in the labor force during 2024, the personal-finance website WalletHub Monday released its report on 2025’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms, as well as expert commentary.

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.

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

• Overall Rank: 9^th
• 14^th – Day-Care Quality
• 28^th – Child-Care Costs (Adjusted for Median Women’s Salary)
• 27^th – Pediatricians per Capita
• 26^th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
• 23^rd – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 5^th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
• 19^th – Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
• 18^th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty