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Certified nursing assistant salary in Alabama

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama post a median of $19 an hour, the middle half $18–$21.25 (about $39,500 a year full time), $3 below the national posted median. From 10 jobs at 6 employers that state their pay.

$19
Median posted /hr
$18–$21
Middle half /hr
$39,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$16.41
BLS median in AL
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama · Certified nursing assistant pay nationwide

What certified nursing assistants are paid in Alabama

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 10 open jobs in Alabama. Lowest posted $11, highest $32.

Posted on open jobs in Alabama

$18–$21.25/hr

Middle half of 9 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $19. 18% of the 55 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by employer in Alabama

What each employer posts for certified nursing assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$21.50$16.43–$26.532
Genesis HealthCare$20$11–$322
Select Medical$18.25$16.41–$202
Amedisys$17.25$16–$202
North Mississippi Health Services$20$15.07–$24.931
UnitedHealth Group$19$14–$23.851

Median of each employer's jobs in Alabama (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for certified nursing assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Alabama

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Alabama. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$13.62 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$14.45 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$16.41 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.49 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)25,250 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in Alabama: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in Alabama?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama that state an hourly rate post a median of $19, the middle half $18–$21.25 (10 jobs from 6 employers). Full time that is about $39,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $16.41/hr ($34,140 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Alabama (May 2025).

How does Alabama compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Alabama ($19) is $3 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey Alabama ranks 49 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 10 of 55 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Alabama (18%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Certified nursing assistant pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Certified nursing assistant salary in Alabama. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/alabama

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