NEW: RI Ranked 2nd Best State for Working Moms
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NEW: RI Ranked 2nd Best State for Working Moms
On Monday, WalletHub released the rankings that looked at 17 metrics to determine the rankings.
Rhode Island was second for “professional opportunities” and “work-life balance” — but was 10th for child care,
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTOverall, Massachusetts was ranked tops for working moms; Louisiana ranked last.
“Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and 73% of moms with children under age 18 were working in 2022. Working moms still face an uphill battle in the workplace, though, as their average hourly wage is only 82% of what men make, and only 8.2% of S&P 500 companies’ chief executives are women,” writes WalletHub.
“Such obvious inequality brings up not just financial questions but also deeply ingrained social issues. For instance, should women have to choose between career and family?”
About Rankings
In order to determine the best and worst states for working moms, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Child Care, 2) Professional Opportunities and 3) Work-Life Balance.
They evaluated those dimensions using 17 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for working moms.
They then determined each state and the District’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order its sample.