Career Optimism Special Report鈩 Series
Moms in the Sandwich Generation
The 2025聽Career Optimism Special Report鈩 Series: Moms in the Sandwich Generation聽reveals critical insights on the career cost of dual caregiving and the imperative for increased employer support to serve the fastest-growing employee segment in the U.S.
Key findings
The Career Optimism Special Report鈩 Series: Moms in the Sandwich Generation
This year's report reveals critical insights on the聽career cost of dual caregiving and the imperative for increased employer support including:
- 51% of moms in the sandwich generation, those simultaneously supporting both children and adult dependents, have left a job due to caregiving responsibilities.聽
- A majority (55%) of sandwich moms report living in a single-income household and 52% of their paychecks go to caregiving costs鈥攎ore than double that of non-sandwich moms.聽
- 66% say the benefits offered by their employers aren't enough to meet the needs of their adult caregiving (66%) and childcare (68%) responsibilities.聽
- Nearly a third (30%) say they don鈥檛 have time to access the resources currently available to them.聽
The report also notes that 61% of sandwich moms have been in their caregiving role for five years or less, while 56% of all moms surveyed anticipate聽entering a dual-caregiving role in the future. This points to a deeper workforce shift: the barriers faced by this group are聽no longer a niche issue鈥攖hey are an escalating聽reality for what is now聽聽across demographics.聽