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Nurse Midwives
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 11.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
- Rank
- Joint #301 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +11.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $134,040 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 8,200 in the US, with about 400 openings a year
The work, 18 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Administer basic health care or medical treatments15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prescribe medical treatments or devices5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,718 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
Still yours: Order medical tests or procedures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer emergency medical treatment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Assist others to access additional services or resources4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 31 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Research healthcare issues2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 142 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 112 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 57% of the workNeurologists18% AI does, against 24% here+6.4% by 2035 · $248,560 · Doctoral or professional degree
- Shares 52% of the workAnesthesiologists10% AI does, against 24% here+3.6% by 2035 · $391,490 · Doctoral or professional degree
- Shares 49% of the workOphthalmologists16% AI does, against 24% here+4.5% by 2035 · $300,080 · Doctoral or professional degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Health front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.13, higher than 44% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 29-1161 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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