Nurse practitioner · Birmingham, AL

Nurse practitioner in Birmingham: $3,512/mo left

BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Birmingham at $107,700 a year. About 1,350 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.25). The 10th percentile is $89,240 and the 90th is $137,560. Pay ranks 372nd-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,512 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 202 miles away, at $5,080 left over a month.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.

Left over each month

$3,512

1 adult, 1 bd

Pay

$107,700

$89,240 to $137,560

Rent (1 bd)

$1,106

$1,317 (2 bd)

Employment

1,350

Location quotient 1.25

Pay rank

372nd of 383

Metros with a published median

Pay vs rent

8.1×

Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent

Where the money goes

1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $107,700.

Taxes$2,485
Rent$1,106
Other living costs$1,872
Left over$3,512

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $107,700
Federal income tax: −$15,308
Social Security and Medicare: −$8,239
State income tax (AL): −$5,195
City / county wage tax: −$1,077
Take-home pay: $77,881
Effective tax rate: 27.7%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,106
Groceries: $364
Getting around: $553
Healthcare: $410
Utilities and internet: $228
Everything else: $319
Total spending: $2,978

Left over each month

$8,975 gross, minus $2,485 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.

$3,512

Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner

Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $5,080/mo.

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Questions

What does a nurse practitioner make in Birmingham?

$107,700 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,350 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.

What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Birmingham?

$3,512 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,106, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.

Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?

Memphis, about 202 miles away, leaves $5,080 a month, more than Birmingham.