The median advertised pay for a travel PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) contract in New Mexico is $3,126 per week, with the middle half between $3,126 and $3,126. Measured across 2 active travel PACU contracts in New Mexico at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-16.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 2 open contracts in New Mexico, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 34 percent over the $2,332 national median for travel PACU contracts.
New Mexico 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.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $3,100 to $3,150 | 2 |
| $3,150 to $3,200 | 0 |
| $3,200 to $3,250 | 0 |
| $3,250 to $3,300 | 0 |
| $3,300 to $3,350 | 0 |
| $3,350 to $3,400 | 0 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
New Mexico has the 37th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 8 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 26 percent under, while goods sit 4 percent under and services 1 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.
Browse the board for current PACU assignments in New Mexico.
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