Travel Oncology Nurse Pay

The median advertised pay for a travel Oncology contract is $2,429 per week. The middle half of contracts fall between $2,230 and $2,653. Measured across 125 active travel contracts at 87 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 Oncology pay by state

StateOpen contractsMedian weekly
California29$2,600
Oregon9$2,549
Connecticut8$2,552
Missouri7$2,199
Arizona6$2,129
Ohio6$2,417
Oklahoma6$2,470
Virginia5$2,261
Kansas5$2,674
New York4$2,493
Colorado4$2,306
Illinois3$2,512
Massachusetts3$2,182
District of Columbia3$2,486
Montana3$2,380
Idaho3$2,150
Texas2$1,912
Indiana2$2,273
Maryland2$2,363
Louisiana2$2,797
Minnesota2$2,534
Wisconsin1$3,299
West Virginia1$2,644
Vermont1$2,862
Rhode Island1$2,676

The 25 states with the most open Oncology contracts, of 32 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 Oncology contracts, are Kansas at $2,674, California at $2,600 and Connecticut at $2,552. The table above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.

Where every open Oncology contract falls

Weekly rateOpen contracts
Under $2,10013
$2,100 to $2,25020
$2,250 to $2,40020
$2,400 to $2,55027
$2,550 to $2,70021
$2,700 to $2,8506
$2,850 to $3,0007
$3,000 and up11

All 125 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.

Open Oncology contracts

Browse open Oncology assignments on the board.

What Oncology 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 Oncology nurse make?
The median advertised pay for a travel Oncology contract is $2,429 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,230 and $2,653. Measured across 125 active travel contracts at 87 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 Oncology 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 Oncology nurses the most?
Kansas at $2,674, California at $2,600 and Connecticut at $2,552, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 5 open Oncology 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.