Minnesota In Top 10 Best States for Working Moms

Mother's Day is coming up soon, and Wallet Hub is out with its annual Best States for Working Moms study. 74% of moms with children under 18 were working in 2024, and women make up almost half of the U.S. workforce.

Wallet Hub noted that, according to a Pew Research Center study, working moms' average hourly wages are still only 85% of what their male counterparts make.

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So, to discover states where working moms have a better situation, Wallet Hub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia in a number of different categories to determine which states are best for working moms.

The best states provide equitable pay for women and the potential for career advancement, along with robust parental leave policies and high-quality child care, health care, and schools.- Chip Lupo/Wallet Hub Analyst

The three major categories that states were compared in included A) Child Care, B) Professional Opportunities, and C) Work-Life Balance.

Within those categories were things like day care quality and costs, pediatricians per capita, school system quality, number of child care workers per total number of children, median women's salary, gender pay gap, female unemployment rate, share of families living in poverty, commute times, parental leave policies, average length of women's work week and more.

When all the numbers were in, Minnesota was the only state in our region that landed in the Top 10 Best States for Working Moms.

Here are the Top Ten:

1. Massachusetts
2. Connecticut
3. Rhode Island
4. District of Columbia
5. Maine
6. Minnesota
7. Vermont
8. Wisconsin
9. New Jersey
10. New York

To see the complete study, check out Wallet Hub.