How much do Nurse Midwives make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

Percentile spread

For Nurse Midwives, the published 10th percentile is $128,000 and the 90th percentile is $216,560. The difference is $88,560, which is 46.3% 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 $174,790 to the 75th at $212,370, covers $37,580.

The mean annual wage is $189,750, which sits below the median of $191,220. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 42.7% higher than the national median of $134,040 for Nurse Midwives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $179,263, which is 33.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.2% lower than the California median of $203,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $191,220 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Midwives at $179,263 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. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 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).).

• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $212,630 and employment of 190. That median is 11.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $183,915, against $179,263 here.

Employment share

Nurse Midwives accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (80 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (7,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.45 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.