With Mother’s Day around the corner and 73% of women with children under age 18 having been in the labor force during 2022, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms, with Maryland coming in tied for 16th.
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.
| Best States for Working Moms | Worst States for Working Moms | |
| 1. Massachusetts | 42. Arizona | |
| 2. Rhode Island | 43. Nevada | |
| 3. Connecticut | 44. Oklahoma | |
| 4. District of Columbia | 45. New Mexico | |
| 5. Wisconsin | 46. Idaho | |
| 6. Minnesota | 47. West Virginia | |
| 7. Vermont | 48. Mississippi | |
| 8. New Jersey | 49. Alabama | |
| 9. Maine | 50. South Carolina | |
| 10. Delaware | 51. Louisiana | |
Best vs. Worst
- Maryland has the lowest share of single-mom families with children younger than 18 in poverty, 24.00 percent, which is 1.9 times lower than in Mississippi, the highest at 46.70 percent
- South Dakota has the lowest child-care costs as a share of the median women’s salary, 12.90 percent, which is 2.4 times lower than in New York, the highest at 30.52 percent.
- North Dakota has the highest number of childcare workers per 1,000 children younger than 14, 24, which is eight times higher than in Delaware, the lowest at 3.
- Tennessee has the highest ratio of female executives to male executives, 450.16 percent, which is 15.1 times higher than in Utah, the lowest at 29.90 percent.
To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-working-moms/3565