The median advertised pay for a travel PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) contract in Louisiana is $2,142 per week, with the middle half between $2,105 and $2,180. Measured across 2 active travel PACU contracts in Louisiana at 1 facilities, as of 2026-10-31.
Advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the top of an advertised range. Not take-home. With only 2 open contracts in Louisiana, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 13 percent under the $2,456 national median for travel PACU contracts.
Louisiana is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so an active multistate license covers you here. A single-state license from elsewhere does not. The compact state list explains which states issue one, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,000 to $2,050 | 0 |
| $2,050 to $2,100 | 1 |
| $2,100 to $2,150 | 0 |
| $2,150 to $2,200 | 0 |
| $2,200 to $2,250 | 1 |
| $2,250 to $2,300 | 0 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Louisiana has the 47th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 12 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 37 percent under, while goods sit 6 percent under and services 4 percent under. 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.
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