Many factors can affect your paycheck. Ultimately, the specialty, location and benefits you choose will affect the amount of money that goes into your pocket. If you are looking to optimize pay, it is good to understand that specialties in high demand pay better rates and that different areas of the country offer different salaries. For instance, a travel L&D nurse in California will make a different amount than a travel med surge nurse in Kentucky. And for allied professionals, pay varies widely for the same reasons. In general, travel clinicians are paid more generously than their staff counterparts.

Many travel nurses and allied clinicians bounce around between states and sometimes even specialties, and thus will be paid differently from assignment to assignment. But if higher pay is the name of the game for you, then we can always find you a high-paying job, especially if you remain flexible on location.