The median advertised pay for a travel Cath Lab (cardiac catheterization lab) contract in Oregon is $3,106 per week, with the middle half between $2,696 and $3,249. Measured across 6 active travel Cath Lab contracts in Oregon at 5 facilities, as of 2026-10-31.
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 7 percent over the $2,890 national median for travel Cath Lab contracts.
Oregon is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a Oregon license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. The compact state list explains which states issue one, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,500 to $2,650 | 2 |
| $2,650 to $2,800 | 0 |
| $2,800 to $2,950 | 0 |
| $2,950 to $3,100 | 1 |
| $3,100 to $3,250 | 1 |
| $3,250 to $3,400 | 2 |
All 6 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Oregon has the 12th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 3 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 9 percent over, while goods sit 5 percent over and services 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bend | 2 | $2,928 | $1,410/mo |
| Portland | 2 | $2,845 | $1,790/mo |
| Hermiston | 1 | $3,045 | $910/mo |
| Medford | 1 | $3,304 | $1,070/mo |
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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