The median advertised pay for a travel Oncology contract in California is $2,586 per week, with the middle half between $2,408 and $2,918. Measured across 30 active travel Oncology contracts in California at 21 facilities, as of 2026-10-30.
Advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the top of an advertised range. Not take-home.
That is 6 percent over the $2,435 national median for travel Oncology contracts.
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| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,200 | 1 |
| $2,200 to $2,350 | 4 |
| $2,350 to $2,500 | 6 |
| $2,500 to $2,650 | 7 |
| $2,650 to $2,800 | 3 |
| $2,800 to $2,950 | 1 |
| $2,950 to $3,100 | 5 |
| $3,100 and up | 3 |
All 30 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 | 7 | $2,529 | $2,680/mo |
| San Diego | 4 | $2,501 | $2,530/mo |
| Lakewood | 2 | $2,408 | $2,550/mo |
| Long Beach | 2 | $2,224 | $2,115/mo |
| Mountain View | 2 | $3,292 | $3,210/mo |
| Oakland | 2 | $2,397 | $1,920/mo |
| San Jose | 2 | $2,971 | $2,840/mo |
| Beverly Hills | 1 | $2,429 | $2,970/mo |
| Chico | 1 | $2,998 | $1,120/mo |
| Escondido | 1 | $2,429 | $2,125/mo |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $2,969 | $2,150/mo |
| Northridge | 1 | $2,637 | — |
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.
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Over the last seven days the median advertised rate fell 5.0 percent, from $2,770 to $2,633 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 26 open postings, 2026-10-17 to 2026-10-30.
This compares advertised rates within one specialty in one state, which is the only cut where a change in the median is likely to mean a change in price rather than a change in which contracts are posted. Where the number of open postings moves sharply, no figure is shown.
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 32 states with Oncology openings