Registered nurse · Elkhart, IN
Registered nurse in Elkhart: $2,686/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median registered nurse wage in Elkhart at $88,100 a year. About 1,650 registered nurse jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $65,750 and the 90th is $141,250. Pay ranks 150th-highest of 374 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,686 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Flint, about 148 miles away, at $3,198 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,686
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$88,100
$65,750 to $141,250
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
1,650
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
150th of 374
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, registered nurse pay of $88,100.
- Taxes$1,806
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$2,686
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $88,100
- Federal income tax
- −$10,996
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,740
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,613
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,322
- Take-home pay
- $66,430
- Effective tax rate
- 24.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$7,342 gross, minus $1,806 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$2,686
Rank every metro for a registered nurse
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Flint, $3,198/mo.
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Questions
What does a registered nurse make in Elkhart?
$88,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,650 registered nurse jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a registered nurse in Elkhart?
$2,686 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a registered nurse keep more?
Flint, about 148 miles away, leaves $3,198 a month, more than Elkhart.