Top 10 best cities for working moms: Ohio leads the pack
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Women seeking the聽best place to work and raise children in the聽United States聽may want to head to聽Ohio, where three of its cities聽have been voted among the .
Columbus聽topped the ranking by聽Forbes, edging past New Orleans and Hartford,聽Connecticut and their surrounding areas.聽Cincinnati聽and its suburb of聽Middletown聽came in fourth, just ahead of Providence and neighboring towns in聽Rhode Island.
With a population of 1.8 million,聽Columbus聽scored high marks for聽its higher than average salaries for聽women, who make up 44 percent of the city's workforce.
The city also boasts a jobless rate of 5.7 percent, much lower than the national 7.8 percent, and good schools and childcare, according to聽Forbes.
"Pairing the excellent unemployment rate with an affordable but impressive quality of living makes the city an attractive locale for savvy working moms,"聽Forbes聽said.
础苍辞迟丑别谤听翱丑颈辞听肠颈迟测, Cleveland, came in seventh, while Buffalo,聽New York, which topped the list last year, dropped to eighth place.
New Orleans' affordable childcare and higher per-pupil spending helped to propel it into the top 10. Families in the city, known as the Big Easy, pay about $5,900 annually for聽childcare, while New Yorkers have to budget more than double that amount - roughly $13,000.
Although working聽mothers are paid among the highest salaries in聽Boston聽and Washington D.C., both cities聽dropped out of the top 10 this year because the cost of living and childcare are above average, according to聽Forbes.
And like聽New York, where people spend as much as 80 minutes commuting each day, workers in聽Boston聽and the nation's capital also have lengthy trips back and forth to work.
To compile the list,聽Forbes聽ranked the cities聽on job opportunities and earning potential, cost of living, commuting times, cost of childcare, quality of schools, crime rates and healthcare.
It used data from various sources including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the FBI Uniform Crime Report, the National Association of Child Care Research and Referral Agencies and the ACCRA Cost of Living Index.
