Some states fair better than others when it comes to benefits for those families. WalletHub released a report Monday ranking the best and worst states for working mothers in 2018.
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The website looked at 15 key metrics, like the median salary, day-care quality and the average length of a mother's workday.
Illinois ranks 18th overall, ranking seventh in day-care quality and tenth in parental-leave policy. The state also has the fourth highest median salary.
Check out where Illinois placed in several other key areas:
-7th in day-care quality
-33rd in child-care costs (adjusted for median women's salary)
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-35th in pediatricians per capita
-36th in gender pay gap (women's earnings as percent of men's)
-30th in ratio of female executives to male executives
-4th in median women's salary (adjusted for cost of living)
-47th in female unemployment rate
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-10th in parental-leave policy score
-20th in avg. length of woman's workday (in hours)
-30th in percent of single-mom families in poverty
The top five states overall for working moms were Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and Connecticut because of child-care options.
The worst states for working moms were South Carolina, Nevada, Alabama, Louisiana and Idaho.