Jobs / Healthcare / 29-9099.01
Midwives
Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.
- US jobs
- 35,010 (SOC 29-9099 group, "Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other")
- Median wage
- $65,790 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of midwives?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 29-9099 group).
- 10%Administer basic health care or medical treatmentsNot measured
- 8%Explain medical information to patients or family membersNot measured
- 8%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 7%Advise patients or clients on medical issuesNot measured
- 6%Assist others to access additional services or resourcesNot measured
- 6%Develop patient or client care or treatment plansNot measured
- 5%Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment optionsNot measured
- 5%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
- Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
- Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
- Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
- Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
- Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
- Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
- Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
- Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
- Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.
- Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.
Other job titles for this occupation (16)
Birth Center Midwife · Certified Direct-Entry Midwife · Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) · Homebirth Midwife · Lay Midwife · Licensed and Certified Midwife · Licensed Certified Professional Midwife · Licensed Direct Entry Midwife · Licensed Midwife (LM) · APC (Advanced Practice Clinician) · APP (Advanced Practice Provider) · Birth Doula · Certified Midwife · Direct-Entry Midwife · Doula · Postpartum Doula