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Nurse Midwives Salary in CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Nurse Midwives in CA have a median annual salary of $203,840, with 870 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $140,970 at the 10th percentile to $227,590 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$203,840

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$98.00

Employment

870

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$140,970
10th
$176,080
25th
$203,840
Median
$216,560
75th
$227,590
90th

Local compared with national

CA

$203,840

Median annual · 2025

United States

$134,040

Median annual · 2025

The CA median is 52.1% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $69,800).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.1
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 4.1
  3. 3.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.1
  4. 4.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.1
  5. 5.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  6. 6.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  7. 7.MonitoringImportance 4.0
  8. 8.WritingImportance 3.9
  9. 9.CoordinationImportance 3.9
  10. 10.Service OrientationImportance 3.9
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.9
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Master's Degree
Experience
None
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Acrendo Medical Software Ob/Gyn EMR
  • Allscripts Professional EHR
  • Amkai AmkaiCharts
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • Cerner Millennium
  • ChartWare EMR
  • digiChart OB-GYN
  • e-MDs software
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Epic Systems
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE
  • Medscribbler Enterprise
  • MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
  • Microsoft Excel

Common tasks

  • Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
  • Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
  • Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.
  • Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.
  • Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
  • Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
  • Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.
  • Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.
  • Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
  • Document findings of physical examinations.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Nurse Midwives salary in other locations

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