The median advertised pay for a travel LTC/SNF (long-term care and skilled nursing) contract in Iowa is $2,103 per week, with the middle half between $2,103 and $2,103. Measured across 1 active travel LTC/SNF contracts in Iowa at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 1 open contract in Iowa, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 5 percent over the $2,002 national median for travel LTC/SNF contracts.
Iowa 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.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,100 to $2,150 | 1 |
| $2,150 to $2,200 | 0 |
| $2,200 to $2,250 | 0 |
| $2,250 to $2,300 | 0 |
| $2,300 to $2,350 | 0 |
| $2,350 to $2,400 | 0 |
All 1 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Iowa has the 49th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 12 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 35 percent under, while goods sit 6 percent under and services 7 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.
Browse the board for current LTC/SNF assignments in Iowa.