Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Grows with AI
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.
Among the most resilient careers: more resilient than 81% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +11.5% by 2035, much faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and ethical judgement.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $134,040
- Job growth to 2035
- +11.5%
- Openings a year
- 400
- People doing it (2025)
- 8,200
- Usual route in
- Master's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Explain medical information to patients or family members
- Advise patients or clients on medical issues
- Analyze health or medical data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Administer basic health care or medical treatments
- Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics
- Maintain health or medical records
What the work looks like
- 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.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as nurse midwives are increasingly integrated into care teams, taking on tasks previously performed by obstetricians and gynecologists.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- AnesthesiologistsHuman edge, growing, Index 85, +3.6%
- Nurse practitionersGrows with AI, Index 88, +41.0%
- Nurse anesthetistsHuman edge, growing, Index 95, +9.7%
- OptometristsHuman edge, growing, Index 89, +9.5%
Also known as: Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Nurse Midwife, Staff Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff Nurse Midwife.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.