Travel Mother-Baby Nurse Pay

The median advertised pay for a travel Mother-Baby contract is $2,227 per week. The middle half of contracts fall between $1,936 and $2,532. Measured across 36 active travel contracts at 29 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.

Travel Mother-Baby pay by state

StateOpen contractsMedian weekly
California5$2,223
Arizona5$2,129
Kansas4$1,837
Texas3$2,120
New Jersey2$2,299
Colorado2$2,825
Washington2$2,852
New Mexico2$2,228
North Carolina2$1,652
West Virginia1$1,957
Hawaii1$1,872
Minnesota1$1,823
New York1$2,517
Oklahoma1$2,499
Oregon1$2,943
Pennsylvania1$2,230
Rhode Island1$3,040
South Carolina1$2,375

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 5 open Mother-Baby contracts, are California at $2,223 and Arizona at $2,129. The table above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.

Where every open Mother-Baby contract falls

Weekly rateOpen contracts
Under $1,7003
$1,700 to $1,9006
$1,900 to $2,1003
$2,100 to $2,3009
$2,300 to $2,5005
$2,500 to $2,7003
$2,700 to $2,9003
$2,900 and up4

All 36 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.

Open Mother-Baby contracts

See every open Mother-Baby assignment, including those from partner agencies.

What Mother-Baby 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.

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Common questions

How much does a travel Mother-Baby nurse make?
The median advertised pay for a travel Mother-Baby contract is $2,227 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $1,936 and $2,532. Measured across 36 active travel contracts at 29 facilities, as of 2026-10-31. 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 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 $2,223 and Arizona at $2,129, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 5 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 before tax, usually including tax-free stipends and for almost all postings the top of an advertised range, not take-home, and a higher median does not survive a higher cost of living on its own.