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

New Jersey Rates as a Best State For Working Moms in 2025, Study Says

ISTOCK.COM / MILAN MARKOVIC New Jersey has landed in the top 10 of states that are best for working moms doing the juggle. NJ was ranked the ninth best state to be a working mom, slightly down from sixth last year, according to WalletHub’s report of 2025’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms. WalletHub compared the 50 states plus the District of Columbia in three key areas: child care, professional opportunities, and work-life balance. Analysts…

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

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 co…

Best & Worst States for Working Moms in 2025

Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and 74% of moms with children under 18 were working in 2024. Working moms still face an uphill battle in the workplace, though, as their average hourly wage is only 85% of what men make, and only 10.4% of S&P 500 companies’ chief executives are women. Such obvious inequality brings up not just financial questions but also deeply ingrained social issues. For instance, should women have to choose be…