Highest-paying Cities for Nurse Midwives

The top 100 highest paying cities for nurse midwives (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of nurse midwives in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $191,170, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for nurse midwives. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $181,550). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of nurse midwives in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Nurse Midwives

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$191,170	$170,280	180
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$181,550	$144,150	80
3	Charleston, West Virginia	$179,860	$179,860	n/a
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$178,640	$127,910	60
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$177,460	$89,230	250
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$172,870	$157,200	70
7	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$165,480	$125,130	n/a
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$162,820	$131,760	50
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$156,410	$63,990	50
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$151,710	$108,640	180
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$148,540	$93,800	130
12	Worcester, Massachusetts	$143,250	$98,040	40
13	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$137,620	$51,430	80
14	Springfield, Massachusetts	$136,000	$104,370	70
15	Salt Lake City, Utah	$135,930	$116,720	80
16	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$135,280	$101,560	100
17	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$134,620	$105,010	50
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$134,250	$85,560	190
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$134,210	$106,200	680
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$133,470	$111,410	120
21	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$132,860	$110,310	240
22	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$131,950	$113,350	50
23	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$130,470	$93,860	30
24	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$129,040	$108,650	170
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$128,910	$74,540	120
26	Toledo, Ohio	$128,890	$108,260	n/a
27	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$128,560	$103,290	80
28	Tucson, Arizona	$128,190	$75,440	30
29	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$124,790	$107,700	40
30	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$123,510	$65,870	30
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$123,180	$102,060	170
32	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$123,060	$105,170	130
33	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$122,960	$102,510	40
34	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$122,900	$81,680	130
35	St Louis, Missouri	$122,470	$82,360	70
36	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$121,280	$76,220	160
37	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$120,710	$79,630	80
38	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$120,200	$104,070	30
39	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$119,220	$57,020	60
40	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$118,980	$96,240	70
41	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$118,890	$83,250	60
42	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$118,730	$105,700	n/a
43	Anchorage, Alaska	$117,700	$102,420	60
44	Rochester, New York	$117,310	$100,890	40
45	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$113,690	$99,600	40
46	Camden, New Jersey	$113,350	$85,150	30
47	Kansas City, Missouri	$111,670	$76,720	30
48	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$110,890	$91,260	70
49	Columbus, Ohio	$110,140	$87,310	n/a
50	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$109,720	$95,310	50
51	Reading, Pennsylvania	$109,680	$84,790	40
52	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$109,330	$43,850	90
53	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$108,570	$39,240	30
54	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$108,130	$49,830	50
55	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$108,050	$37,210	90
56	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$107,300	$87,280	40
57	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$107,120	$78,910	70
58	Rochester, Minnesota	$106,940	$78,930	120
59	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$106,710	$104,050	80
60	Stockton, California	$105,660	$82,360	n/a
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$105,150	$65,370	130
62	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$102,760	$78,990	260
63	Danbury, Connecticut	$102,370	$62,280	n/a
64	New Haven, Connecticut	$102,310	$98,240	60
65	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$102,060	$101,200	60
66	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$100,730	$80,380	40
67	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$99,910	$72,960	90
68	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$99,340	$76,300	40
69	Syracuse, New York	$99,080	$81,620	60
70	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$98,250	$70,410	40
71	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$97,910	$81,160	70
72	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$97,400	$69,730	40
73	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$97,010	$64,820	50
74	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$96,860	$80,620	40
75	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$96,640	$82,970	60
76	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$96,280	$82,460	n/a
77	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$96,240	$69,780	50
78	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$96,090	$86,580	n/a
79	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$95,970	$56,240	130
80	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$95,030	$85,230	n/a
81	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$94,320	$83,830	n/a
82	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$94,270	$73,780	130
83	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$94,200	$80,940	50
84	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$93,110	$84,060	n/a
85	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$88,430	$79,340	30
86	Knoxville, Tennessee	$87,400	$87,400	50
87	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$85,290	$67,800	70
88	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$85,020	$81,700	n/a
89	Jacksonville, Florida	$84,790	$50,180	30
90	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$83,360	$66,670	40
91	Provo-Orem, Utah	$78,480	$45,160	30
92	Richmond, Virginia	$77,680	$65,100	40
93	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$70,840	$63,600	n/a
94	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$68,000	$68,000	170
95	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$63,960	$51,470	30
96	Madison, Wisconsin	$51,260	$41,560	n/a
97	Gainesville, Florida	$45,850	$39,800	n/a
98	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$45,740	$27,170	150

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for nurse midwives.