Travel L&D Nurse Pay
The median advertised pay for a travel L&D (labor and delivery) contract is
$2,659 per week. The middle half of contracts fall
between $2,353 and $3,008.
Measured across 424 active travel contracts at 257 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
These are advertised weekly totals, a taxable hourly base plus tax-free housing and meal
stipends. They are not take-home, and the tax-free half depends on maintaining a tax home.
How to read a pay package
explains the split.
Travel L&D pay by state
| State | Open contracts | Median weekly |
|---|
| California | 127 | $3,047 |
| Minnesota | 16 | $2,780 |
| North Carolina | 15 | $2,491 |
| Ohio | 14 | $2,045 |
| Washington | 14 | $2,760 |
| Oregon | 13 | $2,700 |
| Kansas | 12 | $2,734 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | $2,964 |
| Georgia | 12 | $2,109 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | $2,332 |
| Texas | 11 | $2,201 |
| Iowa | 11 | $2,263 |
| Illinois | 11 | $2,602 |
| Colorado | 10 | $2,532 |
| Maryland | 9 | $2,000 |
| New Jersey | 9 | $2,652 |
| Arizona | 8 | $2,387 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $2,111 |
| Michigan | 7 | $2,447 |
| Missouri | 7 | $2,256 |
| Indiana | 6 | $2,482 |
| New Mexico | 6 | $2,877 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $2,809 |
| Virginia | 5 | $2,230 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $2,892 |
The 25 states with the most open L&D contracts, of 47 with any.
Pay varies by market, facility and shift, and a state with few contracts moves more
than one with many, so treat a median drawn from a handful of postings as an
indication rather than a rate.
The highest medians, among states carrying at least 10 open
L&D contracts, are California at $3,047, Massachusetts at $2,964 and Minnesota at $2,780. The table
above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.
Where every open L&D contract falls
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|
| Under $2,100 | 42 |
| $2,100 to $2,300 | 50 |
| $2,300 to $2,500 | 71 |
| $2,500 to $2,700 | 64 |
| $2,700 to $2,900 | 68 |
| $2,900 to $3,100 | 56 |
| $3,100 to $3,300 | 39 |
| $3,300 and up | 34 |
All 424 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The
outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Open L&D contracts
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Spokane, WA — $3,813/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Issaquah, WA — $3,676/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Issaquah, WA — $3,676/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Everett, WA — $3,628/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Edmonds, WA — $3,628/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Seattle, WA — $2,769/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Seattle, WA — $2,769/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Spokane, WA — $2,750/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Everett, WA — $2,616/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Everett, WA — $2,616/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Everett, WA — $2,616/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Issaquah, WA — $2,613/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Issaquah, WA — $2,613/week
- Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery — Edmonds, WA — $2,565/week
See every open L&D assignment, including
those from partner agencies.
What L&D travel roles ask for
- 13 weeks is the most common contract length, on 350 of the 424 postings that state one.
- 2 years of experience is the most common requirement, among the 137 postings that state one.
- Certifications named most often, among the 179 postings that list any: NRP (179), BLS (145), ACLS (130), AWHONN (12).
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.
Related
Common questions
- How much does a travel L&D nurse make?
- The median advertised pay for a travel L&D contract is $2,659 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,353 and $3,008. Measured across 424 active travel contracts at 257 facilities, as of 2026-09-15. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, not take-home.
- Where does this L&D pay figure come from?
- From the travel contracts currently posted on CircleRN, not from an industry survey or an estimate. No federal source publishes pay by nursing specialty: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports registered nurses as a single occupation, so there is no official median for an ICU or a labor and delivery nurse. We publish the median rather than the average because one crisis-rate assignment moves an average enough to misrepresent the market.
- Which states pay travel L&D nurses the most?
- California at $3,047, Massachusetts at $2,964 and Minnesota at $2,780, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 10 open L&D contracts are ranked, because a median drawn from a handful of postings moves on one contract closing. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, not take-home, and a higher median does not survive a higher cost of living on its own.