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What midwives make
Median
$134,040
Bottom tenth
$93,620
Top tenth
$188,320
The national median is $134,040 a year, the bottom tenth earn $93,620 or less and the top tenth $188,320 or more, in the 2025 survey. The federal wage survey counts this job under the title Nurse Midwives, so these are figures for the nursing route. Self-employed home birth midwives are not counted in this survey, and there is no official figure for them.