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Midwife: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

BLS does not publish pay for midwifes separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” (SOC 29-9099), which includes midwifes and other jobs; it is not a figure for midwifes alone.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of workers in the BLS occupation “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$65,790
Hourly
$31.63
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Midwifes provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance. The median pay is $65,790 a year ($31.63 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a post-secondary certificate (33% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$65,790
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
35,010
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Post-Secondary Certificate
33% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Midwives (O*NET-SOC 29-9099.01; BLS series “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other”). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

Key facts

Midwifes at a glance

  • Workers in the BLS occupation “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” in the United States earned a median annual wage of $65,790 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a postsecondary nondegree award as the typical entry-level education for workers in the BLS occupation “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimated that 35,010 people were employed in the BLS occupation “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

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The work

What midwifes do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
  2. Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
  3. Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
  4. Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
  5. Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
  6. Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
  7. Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
  8. Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all midwife jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix). Figures cover all healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other (SOC 29-9099), the broader occupation.

  1. Hospitals; state, local, and private31.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +4.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $73,730
  2. Ambulatory healthcare services21.3% of all jobs in this occupation · +11.7% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $68,310
  3. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals13.5% of all jobs in this occupation · -2.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $104,680
  4. Educational services; state, local, and private11.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +1.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $75,700
  5. Insurance carriers and related activities3.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +6.5% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $78,170
  6. Administrative and support services2.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +0.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $65,100

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Social PerceptivenesscoreCritical ThinkingcoreMonitoringcoreService OrientationJudgment and Decision MakingActive ListeningSpeakingCoordinationReading Comprehension

Knowledge areas: Customer and Personal Service, Medicine and Dentistry, Psychology, Therapy and Counseling, English Language, Biology.

Tools and technology

Software midwifes use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareIn demand
  • Extensible markup language XMLEnterprise application integration softwareHot technology
  • MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Patient electronic medical record EMR softwareMedical software
  • Private PracticeMedical software
  • Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft Office softwareOffice suite softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft PowerPointPresentation softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft WordWord processing softwareHot technology
  • AS/400 DatabaseData base user interface and query software
  • Email softwareElectronic mail software
  • Web browser softwareInternet browser software

Also called: Midwive, Birth Center Midwife, Certified Direct-Entry Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Homebirth Midwife, Lay Midwife, Licensed and Certified Midwife.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
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Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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