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Your role’s AI Resilience Score is
77.0%
Median Score
Changing Fast
Evolving
Stable
This reflects the reliability of your score based on the number of data sources available for this career and how closely those sources agree on the outlook. A higher confidence means more consistent evidence from labor experts and AI models.
What does this resilience result mean?
These roles are expected to remain steady over time, with AI supporting rather than replacing the core work.
AI Resilience Report for
Nurse Midwives
They assist pregnant women by providing care during pregnancy, helping deliver babies, and supporting new moms with health advice.
This role is stable
The career of nurse-midwives is considered "Stable" because it relies heavily on human skills like empathy, communication, and hands-on care, which AI cannot replace. While AI tools can help with routine tasks like filling out charts and analyzing data, they only assist midwives so they can focus more on caring for mothers and babies.
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The career of nurse-midwives is considered "Stable" because it relies heavily on human skills like empathy, communication, and hands-on care, which AI cannot replace. While AI tools can help with routine tasks like filling out charts and analyzing data, they only assist midwives so they can focus more on caring for mothers and babies.
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We aggregate scores from multiple models and supplement with employment projections for a more accurate picture of this occupation’s resilience. Expand to view all sources.
AI Resilience
AI Resilience Model v1.0
AI Task Resilience
CareerVillage's proprietary model that estimates how resilient each occupation's tasks are to AI automation and augmentation
Evolving68.8%
68.8%
Microsoft's Working with AI
AI Applicability
Measures how applicable AI tools (like Bing Copilot) are to each occupation based on real usage patterns
Evolving60.0%
60.0%
Anthropic's Observed Exposure
AI Resilience
Based on observed patterns of how Claude is being used across occupational tasks in real conversations
Stable70.7%
70.7%
Will Robots Take My Job
Automation Resilience
Estimates the probability of automation for each occupation based on research from Oxford University and other academic sources
Stable95.6%
95.6%
Althoff & Reichardt
Economic Growth
Measured as "Wage bill" which is a long term projection for average wage × employment. It's the total labor income flowing to an occupation
Stable88.1%
88.1%
Medium Demand
Labor Market Outlook
We use BLS employment projections to complement the AI-focused assessments from other sources.
Learn about this scoreGrowth Rate (2024-34):
11.1%
Growth Percentile:
94.0%
Annual Openings:
500
Annual Openings Pct:
5.3%
Analysis of Current AI Resilience
Nurse Midwives
Updated Quarterly • Last Update: 2/17/2026
What's changing and what's not
Nurse-midwives still spend a lot of time on documentation, and AI is already helping here. For example, “AI scribes” use speech recognition to write notes and fill medical charts while the nurse talks to the patient [1] [1]. Studies show these tools can cut paperwork time so midwives can focus more on patients [1] [1].
AI also helps with diagnostics: algorithms can scan ultrasound or lab data and flag issues – such as possible fetal complications – that people might miss [1] [1].
But most midwife work still needs human skills. Explaining procedures and reassuring patients rely on empathy and trust, which AI can’t provide. Delivering babies and hands-on care are fully human.
Even planning education or doing clinical research needs judgment. Some students use AI tools (like ChatGPT) to review studies or draft patient guides; they find these tools save time but say they must check the answers carefully [1]. Today, AI only augments midwives: it handles routine tasks (charts, simple analysis) so midwives can spend time on real patient care.
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AI in the real world
Overall, AI tools are arriving slowly in midwifery. Some software to automate notes or suggest care plans is available, but hospitals must buy it and train staff, which costs money and time [1]. Many midwives are cautious about new AI.
In surveys they welcome help but worry about losing the personal touch, errors, or bias [1] [1]. Patient privacy and safety rules (like HIPAA) also mean any AI system needs careful testing. Because midwives deal with mothers and babies directly, people insist on proven benefits and safety.
In short, AI will probably help more over time (saving work and catching risks), but adoption is measured. Human judgment, communication, and care remain at the center of a midwife’s job [1] [1]. The technology’s role is to assist, not replace, and it will be used more as trust and evidence build.
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More Career Info
Career: Nurse Midwives
Parent Careers
Employment & Wage Data
Median Wage
$128,790
Jobs (2024)
8,600
Growth (2024-34)
+11.1%
Annual Openings
500
Education
Master's degree
Experience
None
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024-2034
Task-Level AI Resilience Scores
AI-generated estimates of task resilience over the next 3 years
1
Provide primary health care, including pregnancy and childbirth, to women.
2
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, health care teams, or the community.
3
Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
4
Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
5
Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.
6
Manage newborn care during the first weeks of life.
7
Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconceptional care.
Tasks are ranked by their AI resilience, with the most resilient tasks shown first. Core tasks are essential functions of this occupation, while supplemental tasks provide additional context.
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