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.

Travel L&D Nurse Pay in Washington: $2,945/week

The median advertised pay for a travel L&D (labor and delivery) contract in Washington is $2,945 per week, with the middle half between $2,837 and $3,844. Measured across 27 active travel L&D contracts in Washington at 8 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.

Washington is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so an active multistate license covers you here. A single-state license from elsewhere does not. The compact state list explains which states issue one, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.

Where every open L&D contract falls

All 27 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.

Washington has the 6th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 7 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 26 percent over, while goods sit 4 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.

L&D pay by metro in Washington

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.

Open L&D contracts in Washington

Is L&D pay in Washington rising or falling?

Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 1.8 percent, from $2,901 to $2,954 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 27 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.

What L&D travel roles ask for

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.

L&D pay in other states

Weekly rate	Open contracts
Under $2,800	2
$2,800 to $3,000	13
$3,000 to $3,200	0
$3,200 to $3,400	0
$3,400 to $3,600	0
$3,600 to $3,800	2
$3,800 to $4,000	7
$4,000 and up	3

Metro	Open contracts	Median weekly	Rent, 1 bed
Seattle	13	$3,776	$2,420/mo
Edmonds	5	$2,818	$2,230/mo
Issaquah	4	$3,439	$2,880/mo
Everett	3	$2,945	$2,050/mo
Olympia	1	$2,193	$1,570/mo
Spokane	1	$2,952	$1,120/mo

How much does a travel L&D nurse make in Washington?: The median advertised pay for a travel L&D contract in Washington is $2,945 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,837 and $3,844. Measured across 27 active travel L&D contracts in Washington at 8 facilities, as of 2026-10-30. These are advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the figure is the top of an advertised range. 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.
Is travel L&D pay in Washington going up or down?: Up. Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 1.8 percent, from $2,901 to $2,954 a week, measured against the seven days before it across 27 open postings, 2026-10-17 to 2026-10-30. This compares advertised rates within one specialty in one state, the only cut where a move in the median is likely to mean a move in price rather than a change in which contracts happen to be posted.

Travel L&D Nurse Pay in Washington