Top 10 Best Places For A Single Mom To Live And Work In 2020

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Lexington

This Kentucky city boasts of the lowest annual childcare costs at $6,258, but the salaries for women are also lower, with the median at $40,713. The wage gap is also slightly larger, with women earning 87.5% of what men earn. Only 2.5 of the mothers in the city are unemployed, and 78.9% of the married women in Lexington have jobs. The average workweek is about 40 hours. Distribution facilities, manufacturing, hospitals, education sector, and the local government are the major job providers.

Lexington

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