The median advertised pay for a travel OR (operating room) contract in Alabama is $2,301 per week, with the middle half between $2,260 and $2,351. Measured across 4 active travel OR contracts in Alabama at 1 facilities, as of 2026-10-30.
Advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the top of an advertised range. Not take-home. With only 4 open contracts in Alabama, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 14 percent under the $2,662 national median for travel OR contracts.
Alabama is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so an active multistate license covers you here. A single-state license from elsewhere does not. The compact state list explains which states issue one, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,100 to $2,150 | 1 |
| $2,150 to $2,200 | 0 |
| $2,200 to $2,250 | 0 |
| $2,250 to $2,300 | 0 |
| $2,300 to $2,350 | 2 |
| $2,350 to $2,400 | 0 |
| $2,400 and up | 1 |
All 4 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Alabama has the 45th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 11 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 38 percent under, while goods sit 4 percent under and services 3 percent under. That matters more than the headline number, because housing is the part a tax-free stipend is meant to cover and the rest comes out of taxed wages.
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