The median advertised pay for a travel Case Management contract in California is $3,206 per week, with the middle half between $2,834 and $3,351. Measured across 34 active travel Case Management contracts in California at 30 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.
That is 13 percent over the $2,837 national median for travel Case Management contracts.
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| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,200 | 4 |
| $2,200 to $2,400 | 0 |
| $2,400 to $2,600 | 0 |
| $2,600 to $2,800 | 4 |
| $2,800 to $3,000 | 5 |
| $3,000 to $3,200 | 4 |
| $3,200 to $3,400 | 14 |
| $3,400 and up | 3 |
All 34 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
California has the highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 11 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 54 percent over, while goods sit 6 percent over and services 3 percent over. 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.
| Metro | Open contracts | Median weekly | Rent, 1 bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 5 | $3,373 | $2,530/mo |
| Oakland | 4 | $3,085 | $1,920/mo |
| Los Angeles | 3 | $3,019 | $2,150/mo |
| Arcata | 2 | $1,835 | $1,180/mo |
| Downey | 2 | $3,096 | $1,970/mo |
| Irvine | 2 | $3,185 | $3,010/mo |
| Woodland Hills | 2 | $3,328 | — |
| Anaheim | 1 | $3,367 | $2,130/mo |
| Burbank | 1 | $2,769 | $2,310/mo |
| Carmichael | 1 | $3,245 | $1,650/mo |
| Glendale | 1 | $3,283 | $2,365/mo |
| Mission Hills | 1 | $2,769 | — |
Rent is the one-bedroom Fair Market Rent HUD publishes for that metro, which is what a housing stipend is trying to cover. The open-contract count beside each metro is the sample its median rests on, and outside the largest markets that sample is small: a median over one or two contracts is a single posting's rate rather than a market rate, so read the count first.
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Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 1.4 percent, from $3,084 to $3,126 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 31 open postings, 2026-10-17 to 2026-10-30.
This compares advertised rates within one specialty in one state, which is the only cut where a change in the median is likely to mean a change in price rather than a change in which contracts are posted. Where the number of open postings moves sharply, no figure is shown.
Drawn from the postings that state a requirement, which is not all of them, so each figure carries the number it was measured from. Your recruiter confirms the specifics for a given contract before submission.
All 15 states with Case Management openings