The Best States, If You Are a Lady With a Job

So what are the best states for working women overall? To get at this, we created another new metric, the “Women’s Earnings Index,” which we based on four key variables: women’s share of the labor force, average wage levels for women, women’s share of total state wages, and the location premium. The clear winner is the District of Columbia. It’s followed by Maryland (with an index score of .931), Nevada (.873), Massachusetts (.863), Rhode Island (.843), and Delaware (.838). In the bottom position we find Wyoming (which scores .103).

The Atlantic tells us how good or bad we have it, ladies, depending on where we live. Tiny places seem to favor us, isn’t that adorable? So cuuute. How badly do you want to cram into one of them now?