The median advertised pay for a travel Oncology contract in California is $2,761 per week, with the middle half between $2,579 and $2,964. Measured across 18 active travel Oncology contracts in California at 13 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home.
That is 16 percent over the $2,378 national median for travel Oncology contracts.
California is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a California license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. The compact state list explains which states issue one.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,400 | 2 |
| $2,400 to $2,550 | 1 |
| $2,550 to $2,700 | 4 |
| $2,700 to $2,850 | 4 |
| $2,850 to $3,000 | 3 |
| $3,000 to $3,150 | 1 |
| $3,150 to $3,300 | 2 |
| $3,300 and up | 1 |
All 18 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
California has the highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 11 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 54 percent over, while goods sit 6 percent over and services 3 percent over. That matters more than the headline number, because housing is the part a tax-free stipend is meant to cover and the rest comes out of taxed wages.
| Metro | Open contracts | Median weekly | Rent, 1 bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | $2,606 | $2,680/mo |
| Irvine | 2 | $2,766 | $3,010/mo |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $2,745 | $2,150/mo |
| Duarte | 1 | $2,761 | $2,280/mo |
| Fountain Valley | 1 | $2,322 | $2,630/mo |
| Grass Valley | 1 | $3,038 | $1,355/mo |
| Jackson | 1 | $2,571 | — |
| Lakeport | 1 | $3,166 | — |
| Mountain View | 1 | $3,278 | $3,210/mo |
| Salinas | 1 | $3,415 | $2,480/mo |
| Ukiah | 1 | $2,947 | $1,250/mo |
| Woodland Hills | 1 | $2,947 | — |
Rent is the one-bedroom Fair Market Rent HUD publishes for that metro, which is what a housing stipend is trying to cover. The open-contract count beside each metro is the sample its median rests on, and outside the largest markets that sample is small: a median over one or two contracts is a single posting's rate rather than a market rate, so read the count first.
Browse the board for current Oncology assignments in California.
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.
All 27 states with Oncology openings