The best and worst states for working women North tops South

The best and worst states for working women North tops South The best and worst states for working women North tops South Is your career going well? It could depend on what state you live in. In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8 and Women’s History Month, WalletHub  released its report on  2018’s Best Worst States for Women  and you may be surprised which states were kinder to women than others.The analysis looked at factors including median earnings for female workers to share of women-owned businesses to female homicide rate in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C.Related from Ladders: How women can take control of their leadership presence What is International Women’s Day and why it matters in 2018 7 ways women can find role models in honor of International Women’s Day This study finds that Queen Bee Syndrome is very much alive at work and this is the guilty party Research: Women making significant gains in tech since 1978 Tory Burch learned to embrace the word ‘ambition’ and she wants all women to do the same The North leads the waySo who came out on top? It’s Minnesota for the win. The North Star State was consistently in the top tier for highest median earnings, lowest percentage of women in poverty, highest high school graduation rate, lowest female uninsured rate, and highest women’s life expectancy at birth. All of these data points helped make it the best overall state for women. Minnesota Massachusetts Vermont North Dakota Wisconsin Maine Hawaii Connecticut Iowa New Hampshire The South dominates the bottomAs for which states fared the worst Alabama, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana came in 47th through 51st respectively.Mississippi had the highest percentage of women in poverty and South Dakota had the lowest percentage of women-owned businesses.Nevada had the lowest high school graduation rate for women and be careful in Louisiana, Nevada, Tennessee, and Alaska, which were all tied for the highest female homicide rates.D.C. women highest paid, most unemployedSome other notable data points included  Washington, D.C. (which is closing the pay-gap in certain sectors)  having the highest  median earnings for female workers at  $32,355 - two times more than Hawaii, which was lowest at $16,843 - but they also had the highest unemployment rate. Interestingly, Alaska had the highest  share of women-owned businesses at  22.87 percent, 1.6 times higher than in South Dakota, which has the lowest at 14.04 percent.