Registered nurse · Evansville, IN
Registered nurse in Evansville: $2,455/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median registered nurse wage in Evansville at $83,820 a year. About 3,890 registered nurse jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.32). The 10th percentile is $66,340 and the 90th is $112,890. Pay ranks 199th-highest of 374 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($893/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 $2,455 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Champaign, about 156 miles away, at $2,903 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,455
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$83,820
$66,340 to $112,890
Rent (1 bd)
$893
$1,063 (2 bd)
Employment
3,890
Location quotient 1.32
Pay rank
199th of 374
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, registered nurse pay of $83,820.
- Taxes$1,684
- Rent$893
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$2,455
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,820
- Federal income tax
- −$10,054
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,412
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,485
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,257
- Take-home pay
- $63,611
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $893
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $581
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,846
Left over each month
$6,985 gross, minus $1,684 in tax and $2,846 in living costs.
$2,455
Rank every metro for a registered nurse
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Champaign, $2,903/mo.
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Questions
What does a registered nurse make in Evansville?
$83,820 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,890 registered nurse jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a registered nurse in Evansville?
$2,455 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 $893, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a registered nurse keep more?
Champaign, about 156 miles away, leaves $2,903 a month, more than Evansville.