The median advertised pay for a travel L&D (labor and delivery) contract in Colorado is $2,648 per week, with the middle half between $2,596 and $2,986. Measured across 18 active travel L&D contracts in Colorado at 12 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 4 percent under the $2,756 national median for travel L&D contracts.
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| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,500 | 2 |
| $2,500 to $2,650 | 7 |
| $2,650 to $2,800 | 4 |
| $2,800 to $2,950 | 0 |
| $2,950 to $3,100 | 1 |
| $3,100 to $3,250 | 2 |
| $3,250 to $3,400 | 0 |
| $3,400 and up | 2 |
All 18 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Colorado has the 13th 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 27 percent over, while goods sit 1 percent under and services 0 percent under. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 3 | $2,699 | $1,750/mo |
| Castle Rock | 2 | $3,109 | $2,040/mo |
| Denver | 2 | $3,590 | $1,820/mo |
| Greeley | 2 | $2,575 | $1,200/mo |
| Loveland | 2 | $2,596 | $1,405/mo |
| Steamboat Springs | 2 | $2,656 | $1,740/mo |
| Colorado Springs | 1 | $2,415 | $1,470/mo |
| Fort Collins | 1 | $2,596 | $1,450/mo |
| Longmont | 1 | $2,631 | $1,650/mo |
| Pueblo | 1 | $2,378 | $935/mo |
| Westminster | 1 | $2,680 | $1,760/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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Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 0.8 percent, from $2,596 to $2,616 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 17 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.
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