Georgia Ranks 43rd for Working Moms

A new survey from WalletHub paints Georgia as one of the worst states in which to be a working mom.

As Mother's Day approaches, the personal finance website conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms.

Georgia came in at No. 43 on a list that compared the attractiveness of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to a working mother. The website used metrics such as median women’s salary, female unemployment rate and day-care quality.

Vermont came in at No. 1, and Nevada was dead last.

Here's a look at how Georgia fared in some specific categories:

Life as a Working Mom in Georgia (1=Best; 25=Avg.)

• 21st – Day-Care Quality
• 15th – Access to Pediatric Services
• 16th – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
• 47th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
• 45th – Female Unemployment Rate
• 35th – Parental Leave Policy
• 41st – Length of Average Woman’s Workday
• 38th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty

According to WalletHub, women today comprise nearly half of the American workforce, and slightly less than three quarters of them are single mothers with young children. But women still earn only $0.79 for every dollar that men make, and only 4 percent of S&P 500 companies’ chief executives are female.

Image: WalletHub