The median advertised pay for a travel Psych (psychiatric) contract in Massachusetts is $2,099 per week, with the middle half between $1,919 and $2,392. Measured across 10 active travel Psych contracts in Massachusetts at 6 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home.
That is 0 percent over the $2,103 national median for travel Psych contracts.
Massachusetts has enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact but has not implemented it, so a multistate license does not cover you here yet. You need a Massachusetts license. The compact state list explains which states issue one.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $1,700 | 1 |
| $1,700 to $1,850 | 1 |
| $1,850 to $2,000 | 1 |
| $2,000 to $2,150 | 3 |
| $2,150 to $2,300 | 1 |
| $2,300 to $2,450 | 0 |
| $2,450 to $2,600 | 3 |
All 10 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Massachusetts has the 7th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 6 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 28 percent over, while goods sit 1 percent under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 3 | $1,789 | $2,600/mo |
| Dartmouth | 2 | $1,989 | — |
| Salem | 2 | $2,128 | $2,140/mo |
| Amesbury | 1 | $2,471 | $2,140/mo |
| Gloucester | 1 | $2,590 | $2,140/mo |
| Newburyport | 1 | $2,590 | $2,140/mo |
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 Psych assignments in Massachusetts.
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.