Nurse Midwives · SOC 29-1161

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Nurse Midwivess

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for nurse midwives. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 41 metro areas

Nurse Midwives: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$218,760	40	0.0
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$212,630	190	0.1
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$202,850	220	0.0
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$191,220	80	0.1
5	Urban Honolulu, HI	$184,620	Not published	Not published
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$181,450	60	0.0
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$174,870	200	0.1
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$162,970	70	0.0
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$159,730	240	0.0
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$151,640	40	0.1
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$149,170	310	0.1
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$147,140	170	0.1
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$146,590	Not published	Not published
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$141,520	50	0.1
15	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$139,530	70	0.1
16	Omaha, NE-IA	$138,880	Not published	Not published
17	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$137,610	110	0.1
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$135,910	150	0.1
19	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$135,180	90	0.1
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$134,810	300	0.2
21	Columbus, OH	$134,380	50	0.0
22	Anchorage, AK	$133,430	40	0.2
23	St. Louis, MO-IL	$133,330	40	0.0
24	Rochester, NY	$132,240	30	0.1
25	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$132,070	30	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Nurse Midwives overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.