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Registered Nurses Salary in Alabama

The median annual wage for registered nurses in Alabama is $77,080 ($37.06 per hour) -21.0% vs. the national median of $97,550. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$77,080
Mean annual wage
$77,020
Median hourly wage
$37.06
Employment in AL
54,340

54,340 employed · 25.7 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Alabama

Wage distribution for registered nurses in Alabama (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$58,150$27.96
25th percentile$63,500$30.53
Median (50th)$77,080$37.06
75th percentile$83,380$40.09
90th percentile$98,910$47.56

What this salary is worth in Alabama

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$86,779

Alabama prices are 88.8 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
15.7%

Median gross rent in Alabama: $1,007/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $1,927/mo

Est. affordable home price
$281,183

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Alabama is $209,900 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 13, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.