The median advertised pay for a travel ER (emergency room) contract in Hawaii is $1,991 per week, with the middle half between $1,955 and $2,406. Measured across 6 active travel ER contracts in Hawaii at 4 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 16 percent under the $2,358 national median for travel ER contracts.
Hawaii is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a Hawaii 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 |
|---|---|
| $1,900 to $2,050 | 4 |
| $2,050 to $2,200 | 0 |
| $2,200 to $2,350 | 0 |
| $2,350 to $2,500 | 0 |
| $2,500 to $2,650 | 1 |
| $2,650 to $2,800 | 0 |
| $2,800 and up | 1 |
All 6 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Hawaii has the 2th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 10 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 25 percent over, while goods sit 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo | 3 | $1,991 | $1,550/mo |
| Honolulu | 1 | $1,943 | $1,950/mo |
| Kealakekua | 1 | $2,544 | — |
| Pahala | 1 | $2,820 | — |
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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