Best and Worst States for Working Mom's in 2017

Women currently constitute almost half of the United States workforce, and greater than 70 percent of moms with children younger than 18 are working. Yet women earned only 83 percent of what men made in 2015 and have far less upward mobility, as evidenced by the fact that only 5.8 percent of S&P 500 companies’ chief executives are female according to a recent survey by WalletHub. In some cases, women earn 70 cents on every dollar a man makes.

This statistic is alarming given that we are in 2017. It is our sincere hope that this wage gap is closed and that releases like this will measure working mom by state earning money 100% on par with what men make. So, to accurately report which states are best for working mothers, the WalletHub’s analysts compared state dynamics across 13 key metrics. Resulting in the Best & Worst States for Working Moms. Below is a complete breakdown of their study.

Click below to see where your state ranks for working moms:

Source: WalletHub

Best and Worst States for Working Moms

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	‘Child Care’ Rank	‘Professional Opportunities’ Rank	‘Work-Life Balance’ Rank
1	Vermont	65.45	3	7	5
2	Minnesota	61.92	5	3	9
3	New Jersey	61.00	2	20	10
4	Delaware	59.77	1	1	33
5	Connecticut	59.68	6	44	3
6	Massachusetts	58.70	4	21	16
7	Maine	55.37	12	14	11
8	Rhode Island	55.08	26	42	2
9	New York	54.79	23	11	6
10	Illinois	54.14	10	12	18
11	Oregon	51.85	41	18	4
12	Montana	51.65	31	8	12
13	Wisconsin	51.42	11	41	15
14	Indiana	51.00	9	25	31
15	District of Columbia	50.91	36	2	13
16	Colorado	50.56	27	4	20
17	Iowa	50.36	21	19	21
18	Utah	50.31	16	49	7
19	North Dakota	50.12	18	27	19
20	New Hampshire	50.02	8	30	34
21	Virginia	49.85	7	15	46
22	California	49.55	48	22	1
23	Hawaii	49.41	42	9	8
24	Florida	49.40	15	5	42
25	Kentucky	47.99	14	26	38
26	North Carolina	47.94	20	16	36
27	Nebraska	47.93	28	24	17
28	Kansas	47.88	19	36	22
29	Washington	47.86	30	34	14
30	Maryland	47.68	17	6	50
31	Tennessee	46.56	24	13	37
32	Ohio	46.35	25	23	28
33	Texas	44.53	13	35	49
34	South Dakota	44.32	37	10	32
35	Oklahoma	43.08	22	39	40
36	Georgia	41.45	29	17	51
37	Michigan	41.14	35	33	35
38	Missouri	40.73	32	32	41
39	Arkansas	40.59	40	45	25
40	Pennsylvania	40.39	33	37	39
41	South Carolina	39.84	34	29	43
42	Wyoming	39.31	39	48	26
43	West Virginia	38.00	45	40	30
44	New Mexico	37.80	46	38	29
45	Idaho	36.89	51	31	23
46	Mississippi	35.92	38	47	45
47	Alaska	35.02	49	43	27
48	Arizona	34.67	43	46	48
49	Nevada	34.35	47	28	47
50	Louisiana	33.68	50	50	24
51	Alabama	32.75	44	51	44