Travel Rehab Nurse Pay

The median advertised pay for a travel Rehab (rehabilitation) contract is $2,143 per week. The middle half of contracts fall between $1,970 and $2,353. Measured across 27 active travel contracts at 19 facilities, as of 2026-10-30.

These are advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free housing and meal stipends; for almost all postings the figure is the top of an advertised range. They are not take-home, and the tax-free part depends on maintaining a tax home. How to read a pay package explains the split.

Travel Rehab pay by state

StateOpen contractsMedian weekly
California5$2,513
Pennsylvania5$2,304
West Virginia2$2,324
Colorado2$1,202
Kansas2$2,143
Texas2$1,772
Louisiana1$1,971
Massachusetts1$2,093
Missouri1$2,291
North Carolina1$1,648
Illinois1$1,753
Tennessee1$2,011
Iowa1$2,050
Indiana1$2,145
Virginia1$2,059

Every state with an open Rehab contract. Pay varies by market, facility and shift, and a state with few contracts moves more than one with many, so treat a median drawn from a handful of postings as an indication rather than a rate.

The highest medians, among states carrying at least 5 open Rehab contracts, are California at $2,513 and Pennsylvania at $2,304. The table above is ordered by how many contracts are open, not by pay.

Where every open Rehab contract falls

Weekly rateOpen contracts
Under $1,6002
$1,600 to $1,7502
$1,750 to $1,9002
$1,900 to $2,0504
$2,050 to $2,2006
$2,200 to $2,3503
$2,350 to $2,5003
$2,500 and up5

All 27 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.

Open Rehab contracts

Browse open Rehab assignments on the board.

What Rehab travel roles ask for

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.

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Common questions

How much does a travel Rehab nurse make?
The median advertised pay for a travel Rehab contract is $2,143 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $1,970 and $2,353. Measured across 27 active travel contracts at 19 facilities, as of 2026-10-30. These are advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the figure is the top of an advertised range. Not take-home.
Where does this Rehab pay figure come from?
From the travel contracts currently posted on CircleRN, not from an industry survey or an estimate. No federal source publishes pay by nursing specialty: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports registered nurses as a single occupation, so there is no official median for an ICU or a labor and delivery nurse. We publish the median rather than the average because one crisis-rate assignment moves an average enough to misrepresent the market.
Which states pay travel Rehab nurses the most?
California at $2,513 and Pennsylvania at $2,304, by median advertised weekly pay. Only states carrying at least 5 open Rehab contracts are ranked, because a median drawn from a handful of postings moves on one contract closing. These are advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends and for almost all postings the top of an advertised range, not take-home, and a higher median does not survive a higher cost of living on its own.