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Career Optimism Special Report™ Series

# Moms in the Sandwich Generation

The 2025 _Career Optimism Special Report® Series: Moms in the Sandwich Generation_ 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.

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Key findings

## The Career Optimism Special Report® Series: Moms in the Sandwich Generation

This year's report, based on a national survey of 2,000 working moms, reveals critical insights on the 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. 
- A majority (55%) of sandwich moms report living in a single-income household and 52% of their paychecks go to caregiving costs—more than double that of non-sandwich moms. 
- 66% say the benefits offered by their employers aren't enough to meet the needs of their adult caregiving (66%) and childcare (68%) responsibilities. 
- Nearly a third (30%) say they don’t have time to access the resources currently available to them. 

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 entering a dual-caregiving role in the future. This points to a deeper workforce shift: the barriers faced by this group are no longer a niche issue—they are an escalating reality for what is now [the fastest growing employee segment](https://www.caregiving.org/research/sandwich-caregiver/#:~:text=More%20than%2011%20million%20Americans,caring%20for%20children%20at%20home) across demographics. 

### Previous editions

[Download the 2023 Mothers Overcome More® Report (PDF)](/content/dam/edu/career-institute/doc/2023-mom-report.pdf)