Nurse Midwives
SOC Code: 29-1161
Nurse Midwivess provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients. This career typically requires extensive preparation (4+ years). With an AI-proof score of 91.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Active Learning.
AI-Proof Score: 91.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$128,790
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Job Growth
11.1%
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Training Time
Extensive preparation (4+ years)
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Job Zone
Zone 5 / 5
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Training Cost
~$80,000
Key Skills
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Active Learning
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Social Perceptiveness
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.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation