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 looked at 17 metrics, such as daycare quality, childcare costs, school system quality, female to male executives ratio, female unemployment rate, parental leave policies and average commute time. Each category got a grade up to 100, and then the scores were averaged.
New Jersey’s total score is 56.26, with No. 1 Massachusetts acquiring 72.37 total points.
Analyzing life as a working mom, NJ ranked (with No. 1 being the best and No. 25 being average):
9th overall
5th Parental leave policy
8th Work-life balance
13th Childcare
14th Daycare quality
18th Percentage of single-mom families in poverty
19th Average length of a woman’s work week, in hours
23rd Median women’s salary
26th Ratio of female to male executives
27th Pediatricians per capita
28th Childcare costs
34th Professional opportunities
The 10 Best States for Working Moms in the U.S., according to the survey, are:
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- Washington, D.C.
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
- New Jersey
- New York
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