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Rochester, Minnesota

Certified Nurse Midwife

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

$115k-$172k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

  • Benefits Highlights
  • Medical: Multiple plan options.
  • Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
  • Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
  • Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
  • Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

Responsibilities

Come work with a preeminent team of midwives at a world-renowned hospital with a commitment to innovation! Mayo Clinic midwives provide compassionate, expert, and personalized care.

Enjoy high-level resource support in a collaborative, multi-specialty practice with access to specialists in maternal fetal medicine, medical genetics, reproductive medicine, and other medical and surgical specialties as needed throughout the Mayo Clinic Enterprise.

In an evidence-based practice where midwives are an integral part of the culture, you will have opportunities to pursue your professional passions in areas such as midwifery education as a faculty member, quality improvement projects, and the pursuit of research with strong institutional support.

The vision for the Certified Nurse Midwives at Mayo Clinic is to provide the best midwifery care in the world by modeling evidence-based midwifery in a team-based approach to care.

Midwives at Mayo Clinic believe that every patient deserves a midwife as part of their care and strive to support their patients in a holistic, whole person way while working with the first-class medical care that is available in the Mayo enterprise.

Mayo Clinic midwives provide antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care to women delivering at Mayo Clinic’s flagship location in Rochester, Minnesota. Midwives provide prenatal care through in-person and telehealth visits expanding access to services based on patient preference.

As a unit, obstetric team members assist in the delivery of more than 2,400 babies each year.

Qualifications

Masters or Doctoral prepared graduate of an ACME accredited nurse-midwifery school. Current MN APN license and Board certified in midwifery from AMCB. Body mobility, coordinated dexterity of hands, ears, and eyes; sensory acuity, and verbal ability are required.

BLS certification and NRP certification required.

Additional Qualifications

Experience as a teacher or preceptor in an academic medical center, participation in quality improvement or research projects, and expertise in multidisciplinary team collaboration are desirable.

Site Description

Just as our reputation has spread beyond our Minnesota roots, so have our locations.

Today, our employees are located at our three major campuses in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, Rochester, Minnesota, and at Mayo Clinic Health System campuses throughout Midwestern communities, and at our international locations.

Each Mayo Clinic location is a special place where our employees thrive in both their work and personal lives. Learn more about what each unique Mayo Clinic campus has to offer, and where your best fit is.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Learn more about the "EOE is the Law". Mayo Clinic participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Antepartum careIntrapartum carePatient careClinical collaborationObstetricsGynecologyTeam-based care

Nurse Midwifery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Mayo Clinic ranks #10 of 25 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Nurse Midwifery listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 56% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Nurse Midwifery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$146k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Midwifery listings in Minnesota11 active358 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 56% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMinnesota Nurse Practitioner listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus · 14% offer loan repayment256 active listings, Oct 2026
Nurse Midwifery pay trend−2.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Mayo Clinic#10 of 25 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

38 jobs · 36 employers
401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
50% this job
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
21%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Nurse Midwife listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 352 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Mayo Clinic

Hospitals and Health Care
Rochester, Minnesota
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical plans
Dental (Delta Dental or reimbursement)
Vision
HSA and FSAs
Competitive retirement package
Collaborative Practice Agreement Required

Living in Rochester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$305k≈ 2.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,602/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Rochester, MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.