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Midwives

Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
58/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
48/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.High
68
Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.High
67
Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.High
68
Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.High
69
Estimate patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results.High
68
Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.High
54
Perform post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals.High
68
Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.High
71
Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.Medium
63
Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.High
56
Develop, implement, or evaluate individualized plans for midwifery care.Medium
68
Test patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood glucose levels.High
58
Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information.High
64
Provide information about community health and social resources.Medium
70
Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams.High
69
Refer patients to specialists for procedures such as ultrasounds or biophysical profiles.High
57
Provide comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions such as massage, breathing techniques, hydrotherapy, or music.High
68
Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.High
66
Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.High
73
Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.High
31
Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.High
57
Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding.High
50
Treat patients' symptoms with alternative health care methods such as herbs or hydrotherapy.Medium
57
Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.High
32
Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.High
30
Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.High
31
Respond to breech birth presentations by applying methods such as exercises or external version.High
69
Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.High
24
Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.High
57
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.73
  2. Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.71
  3. Provide information about community health and social resources.70
  4. Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.69
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.01
  2. Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.02
  3. Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.03
  4. Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.04
  5. Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency64
Physical dependency43
Adoption pressure45
Labour-market resilience71
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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