SOC 29-1161 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Nurse Midwives make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Midwives in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $137,610. The 10th percentile is $126,780 and the 90th percentile is $151,940. Employment is 110.

Median annual wage

$137,610

10th percentile
$126,780
25th percentile
$126,780
Median
$137,610
75th percentile
$137,610
90th percentile
$151,940
Mean
$135,220

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Nurse Midwives, the published 10th percentile is $126,780 and the 90th percentile is $151,940. The difference is $25,160, which is 18.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $126,780 to the 75th at $137,610, covers $10,830.

The mean annual wage is $135,220, which sits below the median of $137,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 2.7% higher than the national median of $134,040 for Nurse Midwives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $130,088, which is 2.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Colorado median of $137,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $137,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Midwives at $130,088 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Nurse Midwives in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Nurse Midwives accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (110 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (7,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.34 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Nurse Midwives by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Nurse Midwives make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Midwives in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $137,610. The 10th percentile is $126,780 and the 90th percentile is $151,940. Employment is 110.

How does that compare with the national median for Nurse Midwives?

The local median is 2.7% higher than the national median of $134,040.

What is Nurse Midwives pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $137,610 is $130,088. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.