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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Alabama

The median nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Alabama earns $79,690 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,109 a month.

10th percentile
$48,100
25th percentile
$61,920
Median percentile
$79,690
75th percentile
$93,360
90th percentile
$122,930

Based on 1,460 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$61,306 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,690
Federal income tax−$8,702
Social Security + Medicare−$6,096
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$3,586
Monthly take-home$5,109
Every two weeks$2,358

Does it go far here?

$89,718Median pay in Alabama is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.8 vs 100).
20%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,007 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Alabama

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$272,610
Nurse Anesthetists$190,300
Chief Executives$166,420
Architectural and Engineering Managers$162,350
Engineers, All Other$152,550
Financial Managers$140,500
Computer and Information Systems Managers$138,670
Computer Hardware Engineers$136,990

All nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama