The median advertised pay for a travel L&D (labor and delivery) contract in New Jersey is $2,790 per week, with the middle half between $2,731 and $2,804. Measured across 9 active travel L&D contracts in New Jersey at 5 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 1 percent over the $2,756 national median for travel L&D contracts.
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| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,400 | 1 |
| $2,400 to $2,450 | 0 |
| $2,450 to $2,500 | 0 |
| $2,500 to $2,550 | 0 |
| $2,550 to $2,600 | 0 |
| $2,600 to $2,650 | 0 |
| $2,650 to $2,700 | 1 |
| $2,700 and up | 7 |
All 9 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
New Jersey has the 4th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 9 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 34 percent over, while goods sit 7 percent over and services 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown | 3 | $2,790 | $2,540/mo |
| Paramus | 2 | $2,762 | $2,710/mo |
| Voorhees | 2 | $2,804 | — |
| Englewood | 1 | $1,774 | $2,010/mo |
| Livingston | 1 | $2,831 | $2,650/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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