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

How much do Nurse Midwives make in Memphis, TN-MS-AR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Midwives in Memphis, TN-MS-AR is $116,440. The 10th percentile is $103,210 and the 90th percentile is $125,700. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$116,440

10th percentile
$103,210
25th percentile
$104,400
Median
$116,440
75th percentile
$118,880
90th percentile
$125,700
Mean
$114,190

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Nurse Midwives, the published 10th percentile is $103,210 and the 90th percentile is $125,700. The difference is $22,490, which is 19.3% 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 $104,400 to the 75th at $118,880, covers $14,480.

The mean annual wage is $114,190, which sits below the median of $116,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Memphis, TN-MS-AR median is 13.1% lower than the national median of $134,040 for Nurse Midwives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $126,319, which is 5.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.5% lower than the Tennessee median of $116,980.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $116,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Midwives at $126,319 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Nurse Midwives. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

Employment share

Nurse Midwives accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Memphis, TN-MS-AR (70 of 611,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (7,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.25 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR · 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Midwives in Memphis, TN-MS-AR is $116,440. The 10th percentile is $103,210 and the 90th percentile is $125,700. Employment is 70.

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

The local median is 13.1% lower than the national median of $134,040.

What is Nurse Midwives pay in Memphis, TN-MS-AR after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $116,440 is $126,319. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Memphis, TN-MS-AR compare with nearby metros for Nurse Midwives?

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 189 miles away, at $117,010. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.