Travel Mother-Baby Nurse Pay
The median advertised pay for a travel Mother-Baby contract is
$2,181 per week. The middle half of contracts fall
between $2,039 and $2,425.
Measured across 69 active travel contracts at 39 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
These are advertised weekly totals, a taxable hourly base plus tax-free housing and meal
stipends. They are not take-home, and the tax-free half depends on maintaining a tax home.
How to read a pay package
explains the split.
Travel Mother-Baby pay by state
| State | Open contracts | Median weekly |
|---|
| Washington | 10 | $2,714 |
| California | 10 | $2,815 |
| Georgia | 8 | $1,620 |
| Colorado | 6 | $2,139 |
| Arizona | 5 | $2,136 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $2,211 |
| Kansas | 4 | $1,841 |
| New Mexico | 3 | $2,266 |
| Virginia | 3 | $2,042 |
| Maryland | 2 | $2,043 |
| New York | 2 | $2,482 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | $2,128 |
| Louisiana | 2 | $1,790 |
| Illinois | 1 | $2,258 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $1,871 |
| Missouri | 1 | $2,071 |
| Mississippi | 1 | $2,425 |
| Montana | 1 | $2,487 |
| North Carolina | 1 | $1,942 |
| Oregon | 1 | $2,181 |
| Vermont | 1 | $2,378 |
Every state with an open Mother-Baby contract.
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 10 open
Mother-Baby contracts, are California at $2,815 and Washington at $2,714. The table
above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.
Where every open Mother-Baby contract falls
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|
| Under $1,700 | 7 |
| $1,700 to $1,900 | 8 |
| $1,900 to $2,100 | 8 |
| $2,100 to $2,300 | 26 |
| $2,300 to $2,500 | 5 |
| $2,500 to $2,700 | 2 |
| $2,700 to $2,900 | 7 |
| $2,900 and up | 6 |
All 69 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The
outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Open Mother-Baby contracts
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $3,145/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $3,145/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $3,145/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $3,145/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $3,145/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $2,284/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $2,243/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $2,243/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $2,243/week
- Registered Nurse - Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum — Seattle, WA — $2,243/week
See every open Mother-Baby assignment, including
those from partner agencies.
What Mother-Baby travel roles ask for
- 13 weeks is the most common contract length, on 49 of the 69 postings that state one.
- 2 years of experience is the most common requirement, among the 21 postings that state one.
- Certifications named most often, among the 26 postings that list any: BLS (26), NRP (23), ACLS (3), PALS (1).
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.
Related
Common questions
- How much does a travel Mother-Baby nurse make?
- The median advertised pay for a travel Mother-Baby contract is $2,181 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,039 and $2,425. Measured across 69 active travel contracts at 39 facilities, as of 2026-09-15. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, not take-home.
- Where does this Mother-Baby 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.
- Which states pay travel Mother-Baby nurses the most?
- California at $2,815 and Washington at $2,714, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 10 open Mother-Baby contracts are ranked, because a median drawn from a handful of postings moves on one contract closing. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, not take-home, and a higher median does not survive a higher cost of living on its own.