Survey Says: New Jersey In The Top 10 for Best State For Working Moms

New Jersey often finishes poorly in surveys taken about a variety of issues … when directly compared to the other 49 states.

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, a recently released survey, from the personal-finance website WalletHub today reveals the results of a report on the year 2022’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms.

In this report, The Garden State finished as the 8th Best State for Working Moms in America.

This is impressive, upper-tier ranking was achieved:

LIFE AS A WORKING MOM IN NEW JERSEY - WALLETHUB.COM RANKING IS BASED ON (1 = Best & 25 = Average):

NEW JERSEY PERFORMANCE BY CATEGORY:

• 16^th – Day-Care Quality
• 19^th – Child-Care Costs (Adjusted for Median Women’s Salary)
• 16^th – Pediatricians per Capita
• 21^st – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
• 16^th – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 5^th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
• 18^th – Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
• 10^th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty

When they cumed all of these categories, New Jersey finished 8th in America.

To review the entire report, state-by-state, visit here at 2022’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms

SOURCE: WalletHub.com