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Midwives

Cares for women through pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Typical education to startPostsecondary nondegree award
Job outlook2025–2035: +5%
Median pay$65,790 a year (2025)
Interest codeSR Social, Realistic

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Certified nurse-midwives provide prenatal care, deliver babies, and give gynecologic and family planning care, in hospitals, birth centers and clinics.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Health and Wellness · Health and PE

    Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

  • Child Development · Career and Technical

    Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

  • Psychology · Social Studies

    Builds psychology, which this job uses.

  • Anatomy and Physiology · Science

    Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Midwives on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.