The median advertised pay for a travel L&D (labor and delivery) contract in Oregon is $2,809 per week, with the middle half between $2,647 and $3,443. Measured across 7 active travel L&D contracts in Oregon at 6 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 2 percent over the $2,756 national median for travel L&D 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 |
|---|---|
| Under $2,400 | 1 |
| $2,400 to $2,650 | 1 |
| $2,650 to $2,900 | 2 |
| $2,900 to $3,150 | 1 |
| $3,150 to $3,400 | 0 |
| $3,400 to $3,650 | 0 |
| $3,650 to $3,900 | 2 |
All 7 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 | $3,898 | $1,410/mo |
| Coos Bay | 1 | $2,487 | $860/mo |
| Hillsboro | 1 | $2,808 | $1,895/mo |
| Hood River | 1 | $2,310 | $1,460/mo |
| Lincoln City | 1 | $2,989 | $1,060/mo |
| Portland | 1 | $2,809 | $1,790/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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