Highest-Paying Travel Nurse Assignments | Salary & Location

Update May 17, 2023

Looking to take on a new travel nurse job or just curious what some of the current rates for travel nurses are?

We’ve rounded up some of the highest-paid travel nursing jobs currently available across the country, along with the highest-demand cities and high-paying cities and specialties.

Cities Paying > $3,200 per week

• Oakland, CA: $5,981 in Wound Care
• Cleveland, OH: $6,369 in Telemetry
• Clackamas, OR: $5,913 in Operating Room
• Rochester, NY: $5,363 in Oncology
• Richmond, VA: $7,762 in Med-Surg

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Highest Demand Cities

• Mesa, AZ: at least 1,370 assignments up to $4.8K/week
• Tucson, AZ: at least 555 assignments up to $4.8K/week
• Washington DC: at least 1,531 assignments up to $4.4K/week
• Atlanta, GA: at least 1,087 assignments up to $3.6K/week
• Chicago, IL: at least 1,316 assignments up to $4.1K/week
• Fort Wayne, IN: at least 758 assignments up to $3.3K/week
• Indianapolis, IN: at least 1,417 assignments up to $3.7K/week
• Wichita, KS: at least 1,259 assignments up to $3.8K/week
• Louisville, KY: at least 903 assignments up to $3.6K/week
• Boston, MA: at least 1,435 assignments up to $5.4K/week
• Portland, MA: at least 741 assignments up to $3.0K/week
• Lansing, MI: at least 305 assignments up to $3.1K/week
• Albuquerque, NM: at least 824 assignments up to $3.3K/week
• Cleveland, OH: at least 1,327 assignments up to $6.3K/week
• Portland, OR: at least 772 assignments up to $5.9K/week
• Pittsburgh, PA: at least 667 assignments up to $4.4K/week
• Austin, TX: at least 343 assignments up to $3.5K/week
• Richmond, VA: at least 1,323 assignments up to $7.7K/week
• Roanoke, VA: at least 1,074 assignments up to $4.9K/week
• Salem, VA: at least 1.303 assignments up to $4.9K/week

Emergency Room

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

• CA: $3.9K/week
• DC: $2.1K/week
• GA: $3.2K/week
• MA: $3.5K/week
• ME: $2.2K/week
• NJ: $3.2K/week
• NY: $4.5K/week
• OH: $2.3K/week
• PA: $3.5K/week
• SC: $2.3K/week
• TX: $3.1K/week

Labor & Delivery

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

• CA: $4.5K/week
• NM: $3.1K/week
• NY: $2.4K/week
• OR: $2.3K/week

Operating Room

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

• AZ: $4.8K/week
• CA: $5.5K/week
• HI: $4.5K/week
• MA: $5.4K/week
• MN: $3.8K/week
• PA: $4.2K/week
• TX: $3.5K/week

ICU

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

• AZ: $4.4K/week
• CA: $3.7K/week
• IA: $3.5K/week
• IL: $3.6K/week
• KY: $3.3K/week
• MI:$3.5K/week
• MN: $2.9K/week
• MO: $3.8K/week
• ND: $3.7K/week
• NY: $3.7K/week
• OH: $4.3K/week
• PA: $3.5K/week
• SD: $3.7K/week
• TN: $2.7K/week
• WA: $3.3K/week
• WI: $3.7K/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:

• GA: $3.6K/week
• MD: $4.2K/week
• NY: $4.5K/week
• OH: $3.9K/week
• PA: $4.1K/week
• VA: $4.4K/week

Medical Surgical

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

• AK: $3.9K/week
• AZ: $3.7K/week
• CA: $4.2K/week
• CO: $3.7K/week
• FL: $3.4K/week
• IA: $3.4K/week
• IL: $3.8K/week
• KY: $3.5K/week
• MA: $3.7K/week
• NC: $3.4K/week
• NH: $3.7K/week
• NY: $4.4K/week
• OH: $4.5K/week
• OR: $3.4K/week
• TN: $3.8K/week
• VA: $7.7K/week
• VT: $3.6K/week
• WA: $3.5K/week
• WI: $3.9K/week

Telemetry

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

• CA: $3.5K/week
• DE: $3.4K/week
• IL: $3.6K/week
• KS: $3.6K/week
• KY: $3.3K/week
• MA: $3.4K/week
• MD: $3.7K/week
• NC: $3.4K/week
• NJ: $3.6K/week
• NY: $4.0K/week
• OH: $6.3K/week
• PA: $3.3K/week
• SC: $3.4K/week
• VA: $3.3K/week
• WA: $3.5K/week

Home Health

• AK: $4.1K/week
• CA: $3.7K/week
• DC: $2.7K/week
• IL: $2.7K/week
• MA: $3.6K/week
• ME: $2.7K/week
• MI: $3.0K/week
• NJ: $3.3K/week
• NY: $3.1K/week
• OR: $3.0K/week
• PA: $3.0K/week
• TN: $3.0K/week
• VT: $3.1K/week
• WA: $3.0K/week
• WI: $3.0K/week

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