Travel Nursing Pay, by Specialty and State

Travel nursing pay by specialty and state: 9,867 openings across 51 states, every rate a real advertised package, updated hourly. Median $2,414 a week.

Pay by state

StateOpeningsMedian weeklyvs nationalCost of livingRent, 1 bedLicense
California1,844$2,69212% over11% more$2,120/moState license
Arizona641$2,2686% under1% more$1,568/moCompact
Illinois435$2,416at the medianaverage$1,290/moState license
Massachusetts418$2,64910% over6% more$2,140/moEnacted, not live
New York321$2,5174% over8% more$1,465/moState license
Texas275$2,05115% under3% less$1,020/moCompact
Missouri322$2,3941% under9% less$720/moCompact
Colorado333$2,4011% under3% more$1,270/moCompact
Virginia293$2,3254% under1% more$1,285/moCompact
Oregon258$2,3931% under3% more$1,175/moState license
Ohio381$2,2606% under7% less$895/moCompact
Oklahoma312$2,2417% under12% less$760/moCompact
North Carolina226$2,09813% under6% less$1,060/moCompact
Washington183$2,6249% over7% more$1,580/moCompact
Iowa194$2,2676% under12% less$750/moCompact
Wisconsin160$2,4411% over6% less$870/moCompact
Florida377$2,12012% under3% more$1,640/moCompact
Kansas251$2,13412% under10% less$720/moCompact
Connecticut166$2,5405% over4% more$1,490/moCompact
Indiana138$2,3144% under7% less$875/moCompact
West Virginia153$2,3403% under11% less$745/moCompact
South Carolina139$2,01317% under6% less$1,060/moCompact
Pennsylvania171$2,417at the median2% less$1,090/moCompact
Tennessee172$2,2387% under8% less$920/moCompact
Nebraska148$2,4371% over10% less$745/moCompact
New Jersey122$2,5285% over9% more$1,820/moCompact
Minnesota121$2,5737% over1% less$948/moState license
Maryland93$2,3682% under5% more$1,730/moCompact
Rhode Island110$2,73113% over2% more$1,360/moCompact
Kentucky92$2,3204% under10% less$765/moCompact
New Mexico113$2,4361% over8% less$800/moCompact
Michigan83$2,2337% under4% less$960/moState license
North Dakota69$2,4381% over11% less$805/moCompact
Louisiana79$2,17510% under12% less$842/moCompact
District of Columbia65$2,2108% under10% more$2,255/moState license
South Dakota53$2,6359% over11% less$750/moCompact
New Hampshire47$2,4612% over4% more$1,430/moCompact
Delaware52$2,5465% overaverage$1,400/moCompact
Vermont61$2,5335% over2% less$1,110/moCompact
Alabama56$2,03716% under11% less$865/moCompact
Idaho58$2,3343% under5% less$940/moCompact
Georgia55$1,96219% under4% less$1,085/moCompact
Alaska37$2,76815% over2% more$1,170/moState license
Hawaii56$2,3493% under10% more$1,935/moState license
Montana24$2,3562% under5% less$1,050/moCompact
Maine26$2,2039% under3% less$1,100/moCompact
Wyoming25$2,3463% under7% less$812/moCompact
Arkansas21$2,3353% under13% less$710/moCompact
Mississippi13$1,88322% under13% less$850/moCompact
Utah8$2,5476% over1% less$1,230/moCompact
Nevada4$2,88520% overaverage$1,160/moState license

Compact means an active multistate license already covers you there, with no separate application. It is a fact about the license rather than about you: a multistate license is issued by your primary state of residence and only if that state is a member, so a nurse living in a non-member state cannot hold one at all.

Rent is the median one-bedroom Fair Market Rent across the cities HUD publishes in that state. It is a summary of those cities rather than a HUD figure for the state, and it is the number a housing stipend is trying to cover, which is what makes a pay median answerable rather than just large.

Cost of living compares the state's price level with the national average, so a state paying 9 percent over while costing 21 percent more is a pay cut in practice. It bites a traveler less hard than it bites someone paying rent from taxed wages, because a large part of a travel package is a tax-free housing stipend that already moves with the local market, and how much less depends on the contract.

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