How much do Nurse Midwives make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Nurse Midwives, the published 10th percentile is $122,550 and the 90th percentile is $190,430. The difference is $67,880, which is 42.5% 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 $141,970 to the 75th at $177,680, covers $35,710.

The mean annual wage is $158,770, which sits below the median of $159,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 19.2% higher than the national median of $134,040 for Nurse Midwives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $141,903, which is 5.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.5% higher than the New York median of $144,510.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $159,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Midwives at $141,903 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nurse Midwives. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 8 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).).

• New Haven, CT is 63 miles away, with a median of $130,790 and employment of 60. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $125,087, against $141,903 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 93 miles away, with a median of $129,380 and employment of 40. That median is 19% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $125,922, against $141,903 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 98 miles away, with a median of $77,620 and employment of 170. That median is 51.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,687, against $141,903 here.

Employment share

Nurse Midwives accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (240 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (7,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.50 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.