Registered Nurse salary in Alberta
106 people with this title were paid $159,676 or more in 2025. Half earned between $167,122 and $198,389.
Median salary by year
Among people with this title on the list. The line is the same median in 2025 dollars, by Alberta’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01).
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| Year | Median | In 2025 dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $146,575 | $174,432 |
| 2021 | $152,119 | $175,452 |
| 2022 | $157,984 | $171,207 |
| 2023 | $169,964 | $178,353 |
| 2024 | $176,034 | $179,473 |
| 2025 | $181,964 | $181,964 |
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People with this title by salary, 2025.
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Registered Nurse in Alberta’s public sector?
$181,964 among the 106 people with this title on the 2025 list. Only people paid $159,676 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.
How much do most people with the title Registered Nurse on the list earn?
Half were paid between $167,122 and $198,389 in 2025; the highest salary was $257,238.
Which employer has the most people with the title Registered Nurse?
Covenant Health, with 101 on the 2025 list.
How many people with the title Registered Nurse are on the list?
106 in 2025, down from 424 in 2020.
How does Registered Nurse pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $181,964, is 1.9% above the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($178,591).
How much does a Registered Nurse make at Covenant Health?
The median salary of the 101 people with this title at Covenant Health was $182,144 in 2025.
Has Registered Nurse pay gone up?
The median rose 3.4% from 2024 ($176,034) to 2025. In 2020 it was $146,575.
What is “compensation”?
The one pay figure Alberta publishes for each person for the year, shown as published. Alberta does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work
Why is someone not on the list?
Only people paid $159,676 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.