The median advertised pay for a travel Med-Surg (medical-surgical) contract is $2,223 per week. The middle half of contracts fall between $2,065 and $2,414. Measured across 754 active travel contracts at 391 facilities, as of 2026-10-31.
These are advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free housing and meal stipends; for almost all postings the figure is the top of an advertised range. They are not take-home, and the tax-free part depends on maintaining a tax home. How to read a pay package explains the split.
| State | Open contracts | Median weekly |
|---|---|---|
| California | 86 | $2,353 |
| Illinois | 40 | $2,342 |
| Missouri | 39 | $2,337 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | $1,956 |
| Texas | 34 | $1,913 |
| Ohio | 32 | $2,216 |
| Iowa | 29 | $2,150 |
| Oregon | 28 | $2,205 |
| North Carolina | 26 | $2,033 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | $2,615 |
| Nebraska | 25 | $2,416 |
| Tennessee | 25 | $2,245 |
| West Virginia | 24 | $2,097 |
| South Carolina | 20 | $1,983 |
| Colorado | 20 | $2,274 |
| New York | 20 | $2,412 |
| Indiana | 18 | $2,117 |
| North Dakota | 16 | $2,358 |
| Arizona | 15 | $2,323 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | $2,289 |
| Maryland | 13 | $2,269 |
| Virginia | 13 | $2,103 |
| Kansas | 12 | $2,087 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | $2,251 |
| Connecticut | 10 | $2,368 |
The 25 states with the most open Med-Surg contracts, of 49 with any. Pay varies by market, facility and shift, and a state with few contracts moves more than one with many, so treat a median drawn from a handful of postings as an indication rather than a rate.
The highest medians, among states carrying at least 5 open Med-Surg contracts, are South Dakota at $2,621, Massachusetts at $2,615 and Alaska at $2,589. The table above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $1,900 | 72 |
| $1,900 to $2,050 | 99 |
| $2,050 to $2,200 | 168 |
| $2,200 to $2,350 | 169 |
| $2,350 to $2,500 | 102 |
| $2,500 to $2,650 | 43 |
| $2,650 to $2,800 | 32 |
| $2,800 and up | 69 |
All 754 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 0.6 percent, from $2,212 to $2,225 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 772 open postings, 2026-10-18 to 2026-10-31.
A national median moves when the states that are posting change, not only when a rate changes, so this is published only while the share of contracts held by each state is steady across both weeks. Where it is not, no figure is shown.
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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.