PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked the second-best state in the nation for working moms, according to a recent WalletHub study.
WalletHub, a personal finance website with a focus on reviews for financial advisers, compared the attractiveness of each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for a working mother based on 17 metrics. The data set ranged from the median women’s salary to the female unemployment rate to day care quality and compiled into three categories: child care, professional opportunities and work-life balance.
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Rhode Island ranked No. 10 for child care, and No. 2 in both professional opportunities and work-life balance.
The report also ranked the Ocean State No. 1 for gender pay gap, No. 4 in parental leave policy score, No. 5 for pediatricians per capita, No. 5 for the average length of a woman’s workweek in hours, No. 5 for the ratio of female executives to male executives, and No. 13 for percentage of single-mom families in poverty.
Massachusetts ranked No. 1 in the nation for working moms, including No. 2 for child care, No. 11 for professional opportunities and No. 1 for work-life balance.
Connecticut ranked No. 3 in the U.S., followed by Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin.
Louisiana was ranked worst in the nation, including No. 50 for both child care and professional opportunities and No. 38 for work-like balance.
Vermont ranked No. 7, Maine ranked No. 9 and New Hampshire ranked No. 15 among the rest of New England states.
Wow, but as you click through to the score metric we are measuring 1st place as at 66.20% out of 100%… That is ultimatly a failing mark.