Midwives — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$65,790
United States, 2025
Employment
35,010
United States, 2025
Typical education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
10 related careers
Career overview
Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.
- O*NET code
- 29-9099.01
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
- Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
- Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
- Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
- Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
- Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
- Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$38,660
25th percentile
$47,750
75th percentile
$97,000
90th percentile
$129,830
Most important skills
- Social Perceptiveness4.1
- Monitoring4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.8
- Active Listening3.8
- Speaking3.8
- Service Orientation3.8
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Coordination3.6
- Active Learning3.4
- Complex Problem Solving3.4
- Instructing3.3
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 18 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
18
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.1 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Monitoring | 4.0 | 4.6 | Not selected | 4.6 |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | 4.4 | Not selected | 4.4 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Speaking | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.8 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Coordination | 3.6 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Instructing | 3.3 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Writing | 3.1 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.3 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Persuasion | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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How salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $121,850 | 260 | 2025 |
| DC | $113,640 | 130 | 2025 |
| PR | $108,890 | 60 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $107,650 | 1,030 | 2025 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | $105,370 | 60 | 2025 |
| Lansing, MI | $104,330 | 100 | 2025 |
| San Juan, PR | $103,380 | 50 | 2025 |
| Hartford, CT | $103,220 | 120 | 2025 |
| NY | $102,990 | 1,110 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $101,870 | 1,340 | 2025 |
| Miami, FL | $100,670 | 310 | 2025 |
| Albany, NY | $97,510 | 40 | 2025 |
| Orlando, FL | $96,080 | 80 | 2025 |
| Buffalo, NY | $94,910 | 70 | 2025 |
| KY | $91,560 | 190 | 2025 |
| Trenton, NJ | $91,130 | 40 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $90,040 | 40 | 2025 |
| Greenville, SC | $89,800 | 70 | 2025 |
| Tampa, FL | $89,220 | 280 | 2025 |
| MO | $86,110 | 450 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.