Registered nurse · Auburn, AL
Registered nurse in Auburn: $1,755/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median registered nurse wage in Auburn at $78,040 a year. About 1,430 registered nurse jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $60,530 and the 90th is $101,980. Pay ranks 338th-highest of 374 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $1,755 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Atlanta, about 108 miles away, at $2,807 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,755
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,040
$60,530 to $101,980
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
1,430
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
338th of 374
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, registered nurse pay of $78,040.
- Taxes$1,604
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$1,755
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,040
- Federal income tax
- −$8,783
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,970
- State income tax (AL)
- −$3,712
- City / county wage tax
- −$780
- Take-home pay
- $58,795
- Effective tax rate
- 24.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$6,503 gross, minus $1,604 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$1,755
Rank every metro for a registered nurse
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Atlanta, $2,807/mo.
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Questions
What does a registered nurse make in Auburn?
$78,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,430 registered nurse jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a registered nurse in Auburn?
$1,755 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 $1,224, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a registered nurse keep more?
Atlanta, about 108 miles away, leaves $2,807 a month, more than Auburn.