Updated December 8, 2025
If you’re looking for a new travel nurse assignment—or just curious how much current travel nurse jobs are paying out—here are some of the highest-paid travel nursing jobs currently available across the country.
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Compare Rates for Travel Nursing Specialties by State
Cities Paying > $3,500 per week
- Providence, RI: $4.8K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- Lebanon, NH: $4.8K in LD
- Rapid City, SD: $4.2K in CathLab
- Newark, DE: $4.1K in OR
- Wausau, WI: $4K in Clinic
- Lebanon, NH: $4K in ICU
- Roseville, CA: $4K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- New York, NY: $4K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- Springfield, IL: $3.9K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- Pomona, CA: $3.9K in LD
- Boston, MA: $3.8K in EP Lab
- Lebanon, NH: $3.8K in ICU
- Lewiston, ME: $3.8K in LD
- Pomona, CA: $3.8K in LD
- Peterborough, NH: $3.8K in LD
- Honolulu, HI: $3.7K in LD
- Springfield, MA: $3.7K in PCU
- Loma Linda, CA: $3.7K in Case Mgr
- Pittsfield, MA: $3.7K in LD
- Santa Maria, CA: $3.6K in OR
- Fresno, CA: $3.6K in LD
- Clovis, CA: $3.6K in LD
- Bakersfield, CA: $3.6K in OR
- New York, NY: $3.6K in ICU
- Cleveland, OH: $3.6K in CathLab
- Greenbrae, CA: $3.5K in LD
- Roseville, CA: $3.5K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- Niles, MI: $3.5K in OR
- Lynwood, CA: $3.5K in CathLab
- Des Moines, IA: $3.5K in LD
- Northridge, CA: $3.5K in CathLab
- O Fallon, IL: $3.5K in CathLab
- Boston, MA: $3.5K in Peds/NICU/PICU/POR/etc.
- Pomona, CA: $3.5K in LD
- Salem, VA: $3.5K in OR
- Rapid City, SD: $3.5K in LD
- Woodbridge, VA: $3.5K in CathLab
- Poughkeepsie, NY: $3.5K in Case Mgr
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Highest-Demand Cities
- Rochester, NY: at least 117 assignments up to $3K/week
- New York, NY: at least 71 assignments up to $4K/week
- Wichita, KS: at least 68 assignments up to $2.6K/week
- Columbus, OH: at least 61 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Peoria, IL: at least 59 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Springfield, IL: at least 56 assignments up to $3.9K/week
- Cleveland, OH: at least 52 assignments up to $3.6K/week
- Atlanta, GA: at least 51 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Saint Louis, MO: at least 49 assignments up to $3.3K/week
- Phoenix, AZ: at least 44 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Oklahoma City, OK: at least 41 assignments up to $3.1K/week
- Urbana, IL: at least 37 assignments up to $3K/week
- Albuquerque, NM: at least 34 assignments up to $2.9K/week
- Oklahoma, OK: at least 33 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Boston, MA: at least 33 assignments up to $3.8K/week
- Evansville, IN: at least 32 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Milwaukee, WI: at least 32 assignments up to $2.5K/week
- Albany, NY: at least 30 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Omaha, NE: at least 29 assignments up to $2.9K/week
- Newburgh, IN: at least 26 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Bakersfield, CA: at least 26 assignments up to $3.6K/week
- Prescott, AZ: at least 24 assignments up to $2.9K/week
- Rapid City, SD: at least 21 assignments up to $4.2K/week
- Modesto, CA: at least 21 assignments up to $3.3K/week
- Glendale, AZ: at least 20 assignments up to $2.3K/week
- Des Moines, IA: at least 20 assignments up to $3.5K/week
- Mesa, AZ: at least 20 assignments up to $2.2K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Case Management
For those looking for positions in case management, consider the following options:
- AZ: $2.5K/week
- CA: $3.7K/week
- HI: $2.7K/week
- IN: $1.9K/week
- MA: $2.6K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- NC: $2.3K/week
- NJ: $2.1K/week
- NY: $3.5K/week
- OH: $2.2K/week
- TX: $2.2K/week
- WA: $2.4K/week
- WI: $2.5K/week
Cath Lab
We found openings for cath labs in most states. Here are the current highest -paying states:
- AK: $3.1K/week
- AR: $2.9K/week
- CA: $3.5K/week
- CO: $2.8K/week
- DC: $2.8K/week
- FL: $2.4K/week
- GA: $2.7K/week
- IA: $3.1K/week
- IL: $3.5K/week
- IN: $2.9K/week
- KS: $2.7K/week
- KY: $2.7K/week
- LA: $2.8K/week
- MA: $3.4K/week
- MD: $2.9K/week
- MI: $2.5K/week
- MO: $3K/week
- MT: $2.9K/week
- NC: $2.8K/week
- ND: $3.3K/week
- NJ: $3.2K/week
- NM: $3K/week
- NV: $3.1K/week
- NY: $3K/week
- OH: $3.6K/week
- OK: $2.6K/week
- OR: $2.7K/week
- PA: $2.9K/week
- RI: $3K/week
- SC: $2.2K/week
- SD: $4.2K/week
- TN: $2K/week
- TX: $2.9K/week
- VA: $3.5K/week
- WI: $3K/week
- WV: $3K/week
- WY: $2.8K/week
Emergency Room
Here is a sampling of ER travel nurse jobs available across the country.
- AK: $2.2K/week
- CA: $2.7K/week
- CT: $2.3K/week
- DC: $2K/week
- DE: $2.2K/week
- GA: $2K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- ID: $2.1K/week
- IL: $2.1K/week
- KS: $2.5K/week
- KY: $2.6K/week
- LA: $2K/week
- MA: $2.5K/week
- MD: $2.1K/week
- ME: $2.7K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- MN: $2.7K/week
- MO: $2.3K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- NH: $2.2K/week
- NJ: $2.4K/week
- NM: $2.7K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $1.9K/week
- OK: $2K/week
- OR: $2.4K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- RI: $3.1K/week
- SC: $2.5K/week
- TX: $1.9K/week
- VA: $2.1K/week
- VT: $2.5K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.3K/week
Home Health Care
Home health is a growing field throughout all of nursing, and if you have experience in home health, travel nursing opportunities may be available for you. Some of the home health opportunities we found are hospice-specific, so be sure to double-check that the assignment matches with your preferences before speaking with your recruiter.
- AL: $2K/week
- CA: $2.9K/week
- CO: $2.4K/week
- GA: $2.1K/week
- IL: $2.4K/week
- IN: $2.3K/week
- KY: $2.1K/week
- MA: $2.8K/week
- MD: $2.2K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2.3K/week
- NV: $2.4K/week
- OR: $3K/week
- VA: $2.4K/week
- WA: $2.6K/week
- WI: $2.5K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
ICU
Here are some of the highest-paying MICU/SICU, CVICU, and CICU travel nursing assignments we found across the country:
- AK: $2.7K/week
- AR: $2K/week
- AZ: $2.9K/week
- CA: $3.4K/week
- CO: $2.4K/week
- CT: $2.9K/week
- DC: $2.2K/week
- DE: $2.5K/week
- GA: $2.2K/week
- HI: $3.4K/week
- IA: $2.3K/week
- ID: $2.1K/week
- IL: $3K/week
- IN: $2.4K/week
- KS: $2.6K/week
- KY: $2.8K/week
- MA: $3.2K/week
- MD: $3K/week
- ME: $2.2K/week
- MI: $2.3K/week
- MN: $2.4K/week
- MO: $2.9K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- ND: $2.4K/week
- NE: $2.2K/week
- NH: $4K/week
- NJ: $2K/week
- NM: $2.1K/week
- NV: $2.3K/week
- NY: $3.6K/week
- OH: $2K/week
- OK: $2.2K/week
- OR: $2.9K/week
- PA: $3.2K/week
- RI: $2.2K/week
- SC: $2K/week
- SD: $2.2K/week
- TN: $2.4K/week
- TX: $1.9K/week
- VA: $2.9K/week
- VT: $2.3K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $3.2K/week
Labor & Delivery
We found the following opportunities for L&D travel nurses:
- AZ: $2.8K/week
- CA: $3.9K/week
- CO: $2.9K/week
- CT: $2.8K/week
- DC: $3.2K/week
- DE: $2.7K/week
- FL: $2K/week
- GA: $1.9K/week
- HI: $3.7K/week
- IA: $3.5K/week
- ID: $2.6K/week
- IL: $3.2K/week
- IN: $2.2K/week
- KS: $2.1K/week
- KY: $2.4K/week
- MA: $3.7K/week
- MD: $3.1K/week
- ME: $3.8K/week
- MI: $2.1K/week
- MN: $2.7K/week
- MS: $2K/week
- MT: $3.2K/week
- NC: $3K/week
- ND: $2.8K/week
- NE: $2.9K/week
- NH: $4.8K/week
- NJ: $2.8K/week
- NM: $2.1K/week
- NV: $2.3K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $2.1K/week
- OK: $2.7K/week
- OR: $3.3K/week
- PA: $2.5K/week
- SD: $3.5K/week
- TN: $2.2K/week
- TX: $2.1K/week
- UT: $2.4K/week
- VA: $2.1K/week
- VT: $2.9K/week
- WA: $2.7K/week
- WI: $2.6K/week
- WY: $2.8K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Long Term Care
Not all long-term care facilities are open to travel nursing, but travel nursing long-term care jobs do exist. Here are some current roles we found across the nation:
- AK: $2.4K/week
- CA: $2K/week
- GA: $2.6K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- IL: $2.2K/week
- IN: $2K/week
- KS: $2.8K/week
- KY: $2.5K/week
- MA: $2K/week
- MI: $2.7K/week
- MN: $2K/week
- MO: $2.2K/week
- MT: $2.3K/week
- NE: $2.1K/week
- NJ: $1.9K/week
- NM: $2.2K/week
- NY: $2.1K/week
- PA: $2.5K/week
- SC: $1.9K/week
- SD: $2K/week
- VA: $1.9K/week
- VT: $2K/week
- WI: $2.1K/week
- WV: $1.9K/week
Medical-Surgical
For medical-surgical nursing assignments, here are the highest-paying opportunities per state:
- AK: $2.9K/week
- AL: $2.8K/week
- AR: $1.9K/week
- AZ: $2.2K/week
- CA: $3K/week
- CO: $2.1K/week
- DC: $2.4K/week
- GA: $2K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- ID: $2K/week
- IL: $3.1K/week
- IN: $2.8K/week
- KS: $2.7K/week
- KY: $2.8K/week
- LA: $2.2K/week
- MA: $3K/week
- MD: $2K/week
- ME: $2.2K/week
- MO: $2.4K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2.6K/week
- ND: $2.4K/week
- NE: $2.9K/week
- NH: $2.2K/week
- NM: $1.9K/week
- NV: $2.1K/week
- NY: $2.4K/week
- OH: $2K/week
- OK: $1.9K/week
- PA: $2.1K/week
- SC: $1.9K/week
- TN: $2.4K/week
- TX: $2.4K/week
- VA: $2K/week
- VT: $2.7K/week
- WI: $2.4K/week
- WV: $2.1K/week
- WY: $2.2K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Oncology
There are many oncology travel nursing assignments available:
- CA: $3K/week
- CO: $1.9K/week
- DC: $1.9K/week
- GA: $2.3K/week
- ID: $2.1K/week
- IL: $3K/week
- KS: $2.4K/week
- MD: $1.9K/week
- ME: $2.1K/week
- MO: $1.9K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2.3K/week
- NH: $2.2K/week
- NJ: $2.1K/week
- NY: $3.1K/week
- OH: $2.5K/week
- OK: $2.9K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- SD: $2.3K/week
- TN: $2.4K/week
- WA: $2.3K/week
- WI: $3.1K/week
- WV: $2.2K/week
- WY: $2.1K/week
Operating Room
There are numerous high-paying OR travel nursing assignments available.
- AK: $2.4K/week
- AL: $2.2K/week
- AR: $2.2K/week
- AZ: $2.6K/week
- CA: $3.6K/week
- CO: $2.7K/week
- CT: $2.5K/week
- DC: $2.5K/week
- DE: $4.1K/week
- FL: $2.5K/week
- GA: $2.7K/week
- HI: $1.9K/week
- IA: $2.5K/week
- ID: $2.6K/week
- IL: $2.9K/week
- IN: $2.9K/week
- KS: $3K/week
- KY: $2.7K/week
- LA: $2.6K/week
- MA: $3.2K/week
- MD: $2.2K/week
- ME: $2.4K/week
- MI: $3.5K/week
- MN: $2.3K/week
- MO: $3.3K/week
- NC: $2.6K/week
- ND: $3.1K/week
- NE: $2.7K/week
- NH: $2.7K/week
- NJ: $2.6K/week
- NM: $2.8K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $2.6K/week
- OK: $2.5K/week
- OR: $2.8K/week
- PA: $2.7K/week
- SC: $2.6K/week
- SD: $2.8K/week
- TN: $2K/week
- TX: $2.6K/week
- VA: $3.5K/week
- VT: $3.1K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.7K/week
- WY: $2.5K/week
Find available travel nursing assignments near or far.
Pediatrics/PICU/NICU/POR
For those who prefer working with children, there are NICU, PICU, pediatric OR, and general pediatric nursing opportunities available in multiple states, such as:
- AR: $2.3K/week
- AZ: $2.5K/week
- CA: $4K/week
- CO: $2.5K/week
- CT: $2.6K/week
- DC: $2.3K/week
- IA: $2.6K/week
- IL: $3.9K/week
- IN: $3.4K/week
- KS: $2.6K/week
- LA: $2.3K/week
- MA: $3.5K/week
- MD: $2.6K/week
- MO: $2.1K/week
- MT: $2.1K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- ND: $2.6K/week
- NE: $2.4K/week
- NH: $2.3K/week
- NJ: $2.2K/week
- NM: $2.9K/week
- NY: $4K/week
- OH: $2.7K/week
- OK: $2.5K/week
- OR: $3.1K/week
- RI: $4.8K/week
- SC: $2.9K/week
- SD: $3K/week
- TX: $3.3K/week
- VA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $3.3K/week
- WV: $2.8K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Psychiatric
Looking for travel options in psychiatric care? Consider these states:
- MA: $2K/week
- ME: $2K/week
- MO: $2.2K/week
- NH: $2.7K/week
- NY: $2K/week
- OH: $2K/week
- SD: $2.1K/week
- VT: $2K/week
- WA: $2.1K/week
- WI: $2.3K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Telemetry
If telemetry is your area of expertise, you can look in these states:
- AL: $2.3K/week
- AZ: $2.2K/week
- CA: $2.6K/week
- DC: $2.1K/week
- GA: $2.6K/week
- IA: $2.9K/week
- IL: $3.2K/week
- IN: $2.8K/week
- KS: $2K/week
- KY: $2.6K/week
- LA: $2K/week
- MA: $3.4K/week
- MD: $2.4K/week
- ME: $2.7K/week
- MI: $3.3K/week
- MO: $2.5K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2.5K/week
- ND: $1.9K/week
- NE: $2.2K/week
- NH: $2.9K/week
- NJ: $1.9K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $3K/week
- OK: $2.2K/week
- PA: $2.1K/week
- TX: $2.4K/week
- VA: $2.1K/week
- VT: $2.4K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.8K/week
- WV: $2.4K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
