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 today 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 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 salary for women to the female unemployment rate to day-care quality.
Life as a Working Mom in South Carolina (1=Best; 25=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 46th
- 45th – Day-Care Quality
- 42nd – Pediatricians per Capita
- 46th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
- 29th – Median Women’s Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
- 46th – Female Unemployment Rate
- 38th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
- 32nd – Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
- 42nd – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty
For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-working-moms/3565
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Thomas Hyslip lives in Tega Cay with his wife and daughter. After 27 years in the U.S. Army and Federal Law Enforcement, he retired to pursue his passion for teaching. Tom is now an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida. In 2 short years he has won 10 awards from the South Carolina Press Association, including first place in column writing, education beat reporting and best podcast.
