Travel Oncology Nurse Pay

The median advertised pay for a travel Oncology contract is $2,378 per week. The middle half of contracts fall between $2,207 and $2,643. Measured across 131 active travel contracts at 83 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 Oncology pay by state

StateOpen contractsMedian weekly
Georgia18$2,165
California18$2,761
Massachusetts13$2,733
New Jersey7$2,602
Oklahoma6$2,461
New York6$2,487
Kansas5$2,128
Connecticut5$2,414
Oregon5$2,408
Missouri5$2,227
Colorado5$2,312
Ohio5$2,440
North Carolina4$2,307
Arizona4$2,057
Iowa4$2,128
District of Columbia3$2,497
Illinois3$2,324
Virginia3$2,234
West Virginia2$2,441
Tennessee2$2,569
Kentucky2$2,383
Michigan1$3,358
Indiana1$2,383
Arkansas1$2,241
Nebraska1$2,277

The 25 states with the most open Oncology contracts, of 27 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 10 open Oncology contracts, are California at $2,761, Massachusetts at $2,733 and Georgia at $2,165. The table above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.

Where every open Oncology contract falls

Weekly rateOpen contracts
Under $2,10010
$2,100 to $2,25033
$2,250 to $2,40025
$2,400 to $2,55017
$2,550 to $2,70019
$2,700 to $2,8508
$2,850 to $3,0007
$3,000 and up12

All 131 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 $2,378 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,207 and $2,643. Measured across 131 active travel contracts at 83 facilities, as of 2026-09-15. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, 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?
California at $2,761, Massachusetts at $2,733 and Georgia at $2,165, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 10 open Oncology 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.