Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Nurse Midwives
Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team. May provide well-woman gynecological care. Must have specialized, graduate nursing education.
Also called: Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Nurse Midwife, Staff Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff Nurse Midwife
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- $174,870
- $84.07/hr
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 200
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- +5.7%
- 10 openings a year
- Typical U.S. entry requirement
- Master's degree
Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.
Pay range in Greater Boston
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $120,230 | $139,640 | $174,870 | $176,370 | $209,120 |
10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
What you’d do
- 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.
AI and this job
AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.
Moderate exposure52 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 52
- Language-model AIOE 54
- GPTs-are-GPTs 49
Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)
AI exposure for nurse midwives is moderate, and observed AI use is still limited. AI tools may help with documenting health histories and symptoms. Delivering babies, monitoring a pregnancy in person, and building trust with patients and families depend on people.
Likely to change
- Documenting health histories and symptoms
- Organizing patient records and notes
Still relies on people
- Hands-on prenatal, birth, and postpartum care
- Supporting families through major life moments
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