Highest-Paying Travel Nurse Assignments | Salary & Location

Updated September 12, 2023

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.

Cities Paying > $3,000 per week

• Lancaster, CA: $3.2K in the Operating Room
• Modesto, CA: $2.8K in the Cardiac Cath Lab
• Huntington, WV: $2.5K in the Operating Room

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Highest Demand Cities

• Orlando, FL: at least 29 assignments up to $1.4K/week
• Torrance, CA: at least 20 assignments up to $1.9K/week
• Richmond, VA: at least 13 assignments up to $1.8K/week
• Upland, CA: at least 10 assignments up to $2K/week
• Oro Valley, AZ: at least 10 assignments up to $1.9K/week
• Huntington, WV: at least 10 assignments up to $2.5K/week
• Saint Helena, CA: at least 9 assignments up to $2K/week
• Brockton, MA: at least 6 assignments up to $1.5K/week
• Belle Glade, FL: at least 6 assignments up to $2K/week
• Rogers, AR: at least 6 assignments up to $2K/week
• Memphis, TN: at least 6 assignments up to $0.8K/week
• Beverly, MA: at least 6 assignments up to $2.3K/week
• Liberal, KS: at least 6 assignments up to $2K/week

Emergency Room

Here is a sampling of ER travel nurse jobs available across the country:

• GA: $0.8K/week
• MA: $0.8K/week
• MO: $1.8K/week
• NC: $1.8K/week
• TN: $1.6K/week
• WA: $1.6K/week

Labor & Delivery

We found the following opportunities for L&D travel nurses:

• GA: $1.8K/week
• MO: $1.8K/week
• TX: $1.9K/week

Operating Room

There are numerous high-paying OR travel nursing assignments available:

• CA: $3.2K/week
• CO: $1.9K/week
• IL: $1.6K/week
• ME: $0K/week
• TN: $1.5K/week
• VT: $0.8K/week
• WV: $2.5K/week

ICU

Here are some of the highest-paying MICU/SICU and CICU travel nursing assignments we found across the country:

• CA: $1.9K/week
• ID: $1.8K/week
• MA: $0.8K/week
• TN: $1.6K/week
• WV: $2K/week

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Pediatrics

For those who prefer working with children, there are NICU, PICU, pediatric OR, and general pediatric nursing opportunities available in multiple states, such as:

• CT: $1.7K/week
• GA: $0.8K/week
• TX: $1.4K/week

Medical Surgical

For medical surgical nursing assignments, here are the highest-paying opportunities per state:

• AL: $1.7K/week
• CA: $2K/week
• FL: $1.4K/week
• GA: $0.8K/week
• ID: $1.9K/week
• IL: $0.8K/week
• KS: $2K/week
• LA: $1.9K/week
• MA: $0.8K/week
• ME: $0.8K/week
• MI: $1.9K/week
• MO: $1.8K/week
• MT: $1.9K/week
• NC: $1.9K/week
• NY: $1.5K/week
• OH: $1.9K/week
• TN: $1.6K/week
• TX: $1.4K/week
• VA: $1.7K/week
• WA: $2.1K/week
• WV: $1.4K/week

Telemetry

If telemetry is your area of expertise you can look in these states:

• AR: $2K/week
• IL: $0.8K/week
• MA: $0.8K/week
• MO: $1.8K/week
• NC: $1.8K/week
• SD: $0.8K/week
• TX: $1.4K/week

Home Health

• AK: $1.9K/week
• FL: $1.4K/week
• GA: $1.8K/week
• MO: $1.4K/week
• NC: $1.7K/week
• NY: $1.6K/week
• VA: $1.8K/week
• VT: $1.4K/week

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