Highest-Paying Travel Nurse Assignments
Updated May 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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Cities Paying > $3,100 per week
- Bakersfield, CA: $3.7K in OR
- Rockford, IL: $3.4K in CathLab
- Falls Church, VA: $3.4K in OR
- Norfolk, VA: $3.4K in OR
- Loma Linda, CA: $3.4K in Case Mgr
- Bakersfield, CA: $3.4K in ICU
- Burlington, VT: $3.3K in OR
- Salem, VA: $3.3K in OR
- Glendale, CA: $3.2K in CathLab
- Los Angeles, CA: $3.2K in LD
- Merced, CA: $3.2K in CathLab
- Joshua Tree, CA: $3.2K in OR
- Lakeport, CA: $3.2K in OR
- Carmichael, CA: $3.2K in CathLab
- Jackson, MS: $3.2K in OR
- Burlingame, CA: $3.2K in CathLab
- Johnson City, NY: $3.2K in CathLab
- Wenatchee, WA: $3.2K in OR
- Amarillo, TX: $3.2K in OR
- Oxnard, CA: $3.1K in Telemetry
- Malone, NY: $3.1K in MedSurg
- Los Angeles, CA: $3.1K in CathLab
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Highest-Demand Cities
- Oklahoma City, OK: at least 95 assignments up to $2.5K/week
- Rochester, NY: at least 64 assignments up to $3K/week
- Louisville, KY: at least 46 assignments up to $2.9K/week
- Asheville, NC: at least 41 assignments up to $2.5K/week
- Tucson, AZ: at least 39 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Columbus, OH: at least 39 assignments up to $2.9K/week
- Springfield, MO: at least 34 assignments up to $2.6K/week
- Baltimore, MD: at least 32 assignments up to $2.6K/week
- Charlotte, NC: at least 29 assignments up to $2.5K/week
- Albany, NY: at least 26 assignments up to $2.5K/week
- New York, NY: at least 25 assignments up to $3.1K/week
- Chandler, AZ: at least 25 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Lexington, KY: at least 22 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Springfield, MA: at least 22 assignments up to $3K/week
- Gainesville, GA: at least 22 assignments up to $2.8K/week
- Cleveland, OH: at least 21 assignments up to $2.7K/week
- Des Moines, IA: at least 20 assignments up to $2.3K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Emergency Room
Here is a sampling of ER travel nurse jobs available across the country.
- AZ: $2.6K/week
- CA: $2.9K/week
- CO: $2.2K/week
- CT: $2K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- IL: $2.2K/week
- IN: $2K/week
- KS: $2K/week
- KY: $2.2K/week
- LA: $2.1K/week
- MA: $2.7K/week
- MD: $2.1K/week
- ME: $2.2K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- MN: $2K/week
- MO: $2K/week
- MS: $1.8K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- ND: $2K/week
- NE: $2.1K/week
- NH: $2.3K/week
- NJ: $2.1K/week
- NM: $2.2K/week
- NV: $2.4K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $2.1K/week
- OK: $2K/week
- OR: $2.7K/week
- PA: $2.1K/week
- RI: $2.6K/week
- SD: $2.2K/week
- TX: $1.8K/week
- VA: $2K/week
- VT: $2.2K/week
- WA: $2.3K/week
- WI: $2.5K/week
- WV: $2.3K/week
- WY: $2.1K/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. There are even current openings in Hawaii through Aya Healthcare right now, so check it out if you’ve got your eye on the island life.
- NY: $2.8K/week
- OR: $2.8K/week
- WA: $2.6K/week
- AZ: $2.6K/week
- AL: $2.6K/week
- MA: $2.6K/week
- HI: $2.6K/week
- NJ: $2.6K/week
- MO: $2.5K/week
- OH: $2.5K/week
- MI: $2.4K/week
- CA: $2.3K/week
- IN: $2.3K/week
- ND: $2.3K/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:
- AL: $1.7K/week
- AR: $1.8K/week
- AZ: $2.7K/week
- CA: $3.4K/week
- CO: $2.3K/week
- CT: $2.6K/week
- DC: $1.8K/week
- GA: $2.6K/week
- IA: $2.2K/week
- ID: $2.2K/week
- IL: $2.3K/week
- IN: $2.7K/week
- KS: $2.1K/week
- KY: $2.9K/week
- LA: $1.9K/week
- MA: $2.5K/week
- MD: $2.6K/week
- ME: $2.9K/week
- MI: $2.2K/week
- MO: $2.6K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2K/week
- ND: $2.4K/week
- NE: $2.2K/week
- NH: $2.9K/week
- NM: $2.9K/week
- NV: $2.2K/week
- NY: $2.5K/week
- OH: $2K/week
- OK: $2.3K/week
- OR: $1.8K/week
- PA: $2.2K/week
- RI: $2.6K/week
- SC: $1.8K/week
- TN: $1.8K/week
- TX: $2.7K/week
- VA: $2.4K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.3K/week
- WV: $2.2K/week
- WY: $2.1K/week
Labor & Delivery
We found the following opportunities for L&D travel nurses:
- AR: $1.8K/week
- AZ: $2.3K/week
- CA: $3.2K/week
- CO: $2.9K/week
- CT: $2.1K/week
- DC: $2.2K/week
- DE: $2.6K/week
- FL: $2K/week
- HI: $2.5K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- ID: $2.6K/week
- IL: $2.7K/week
- IN: $2.2K/week
- KS: $2.1K/week
- MA: $2.7K/week
- MD: $2.3K/week
- MI: $2.6K/week
- MO: $1.9K/week
- MS: $1.8K/week
- MT: $2.3K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- ND: $2.6K/week
- NE: $2.5K/week
- NH: $2.7K/week
- NJ: $2.5K/week
- NM: $2.4K/week
- NV: $2.7K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $2.1K/week
- OK: $2.2K/week
- OR: $2.4K/week
- SC: $1.8K/week
- SD: $2.5K/week
- TN: $2K/week
- TX: $2.1K/week
- VA: $2.6K/week
- VT: $2.3K/week
- WA: $2.9K/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: $2.7K/week
- MT: $2.1K/week
- M: $2K/week
- OR: $1.8K/week
- TN: $1.8K/week
- WA: $1.7K/week
- IL: $1.7K/week
- NY: $1.5K/week
Medical-Surgical
For medical surgical nursing assignments, here are the highest-paying opportunities per state:
- AL: $3K/week
- AR: $1.8K/week
- AZ: $2K/week
- CA: $2.3K/week
- CO: $2.3K/week
- CT: $2K/week
- GA: $2.1K/week
- HI: $2.2K/week
- IA: $2.3K/week
- ID: $1.9K/week
- IL: $2.5K/week
- IN: $2.5K/week
- KS: $2.2K/week
- KY: $2.7K/week
- LA: $1.9K/week
- MA: $2.3K/week
- MD: $2K/week
- MI: $1.9K/week
- MO: $2.4K/week
- MS: $1.8K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $2.1K/week
- NE: $2.1K/week
- NH: $3K/week
- NJ: $1.9K/week
- NM: $2.4K/week
- NY: $3.1K/week
- OH: $2.1K/week
- OK: $2.1K/week
- OR: $2.1K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- RI: $2.3K/week
- SC: $1.9K/week
- TN: $2.1K/week
- TX: $2K/week
- UT: $2K/week
- VA: $1.8K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.3K/week
- WV: $2.4K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Oncology
There are many oncology travel nursing assignments available:
- AZ: $1.9K/week
- CA: $2.4K/week
- CO: $2K/week
- DC: $2.3K/week
- GA: $2K/week
- IL: $3K/week
- IN: $2.5K/week
- KS: $1.9K/week
- MA: $2.7K/week
- MD: $1.8K/week
- ME: $2.2K/week
- MO: $2K/week
- MT: $2K/week
- NC: $1.9K/week
- NH: $2.4K/week
- NJ: $2.1K/week
- NV: $2.1K/week
- NY: $2.8K/week
- OH: $2.5K/week
- OK: $2.2K/week
- OR: $2K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- SC: $1.8K/week
- TX: $2K/week
- VA: $2.2K/week
- WA: $2.1K/week
- WI: $2.6K/week
- WV: $2.1K/week
Operating Room
There are numerous high-paying OR travel nursing assignments available.
- AL: $2.3K/week
- AZ: $2.2K/week
- CA: $3.7K/week
- CO: $1.8K/week
- CT: $2.4K/week
- DC: $2.4K/week
- FL: $2.6K/week
- GA: $2.5K/week
- IA: $2.7K/week
- IL: $3K/week
- KS: $2.2K/week
- KY: $2.3K/week
- MA: $2.9K/week
- MD: $2.3K/week
- ME: $2.3K/week
- MI: $2.7K/week
- MN: $2.8K/week
- MO: $2.6K/week
- MS: $3.2K/week
- MT: $2.9K/week
- NC: $2.5K/week
- NE: $2.2K/week
- NH: $2.5K/week
- NJ: $2.7K/week
- NM: $2.3K/week
- NY: $2.9K/week
- OH: $2.7K/week
- OK: $2.7K/week
- OR: $2.7K/week
- PA: $2.7K/week
- RI: $2.3K/week
- SC: $2.5K/week
- TN: $2.1K/week
- TX: $3.2K/week
- VA: $3.4K/week
- VT: $3.3K/week
- WA: $3.2K/week
- WI: $2.9K/week
- WV: $2.1K/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:
- AL: $2.3K/week
- AZ: $2.3K/week
- CA: $2.8K/week
- CO: $2.5K/week
- CT: $2.6K/week
- DC: $2.3K/week
- DE: $2K/week
- FL: $1.9K/week
- GA: $2K/week
- HI: $1.8K/week
- IA: $2.1K/week
- IL: $3K/week
- IN: $2.3K/week
- KY: $2.8K/week
- LA: $2.2K/week
- MA: $2.7K/week
- MD: $2.2K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- MS: $1.8K/week
- MT: $2.1K/week
- NC: $2.5K/week
- ND: $2K/week
- NE: $2.9K/week
- NH: $2.6K/week
- NJ: $2.2K/week
- NM: $2.8K/week
- NY: $2.6K/week
- OH: $2.8K/week
- OK: $2.5K/week
- OR: $2.2K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- SD: $3K/week
- TN: $2.2K/week
- TX: $2.1K/week
- VA: $2.6K/week
- WA: $2.2K/week
- WI: $2.6K/week
- WV: $2.2K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
Psychiatric
Looking for travel options in psychiatric care? Consider these states:
- IA: $1.9K/week
- KY: $2K/week
- MA: $2.5K/week
- MD: $1.8K/week
- ME: $2K/week
- MN: $2.7K/week
- NC: $2.2K/week
- NJ: $2K/week
- OH: $2K/week
- PA: $1.8K/week
- VT: $2K/week
- WA: $2K/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: $2.4K/week
- AZ: $2.5K/week
- CA: $3.1K/week
- CO: $1.8K/week
- CT: $1.9K/week
- DC: $2K/week
- HI: $2.2K/week
- IA: $2.3K/week
- IL: $2.5K/week
- KS: $2K/week
- KY: $2.4K/week
- LA: $2.2K/week
- MA: $3K/week
- MD: $2K/week
- ME: $3K/week
- MI: $2K/week
- MO: $2.6K/week
- NC: $2.4K/week
- ND: $2K/week
- NE: $2.1K/week
- NH: $2.5K/week
- NJ: $2K/week
- NM: $2.5K/week
- NV: $2.1K/week
- NY: $3K/week
- OH: $2.8K/week
- OK: $2.2K/week
- PA: $2K/week
- RI: $2.3K/week
- SC: $1.8K/week
- SD: $2.4K/week
- TN: $2K/week
- TX: $2.4K/week
- VA: $2.1K/week
- VT: $2.4K/week
- WA: $2.3K/week
- WI: $2.3K/week
- WV: $2.4K/week
Speak with a recruiter about available travel nursing assignments today!
