The recruiter quotes a blended rate. The IRS quotes another. Here's the number that hits your account — pulled from 240 contracts, CMS data, and GSA stipends.
We update these monthly so you don't have to chart-hunt at 2 a.m. Click any chart to see methodology and the exact extract date.
By state RN salary in all 51 states · Licensure and endorsement by state · Compact license map · Travel nursing by state
Pay calculators, license maps, ROI math, burnout self-checks. Each one runs in your browser, never asks for your email, and remembers you opened it.
Taxable wage and tax-free stipends split, then 2026 federal, state and FICA tax on the taxable part. The number that actually hits your account.
Housing and M&IE stipends checked against the GSA limit for the city, and what is left after rent. Know your ceiling before the recruiter quotes you.
Which 41 states honor your license, which need a walk-through, which want a fingerprint card by Tuesday.
A year of total pay both ways: gaps between contracts, PTO, retirement match, health premiums and the second rent. Not the recruiter's math.
Tuition, lost wages, pay differential, break-even month. Tells you the truth in years, not in marketing copy.
A 90-second self-check that doesn't lecture you. Outputs three things you can change this week.
Two hundred and five tips — from IV access to documentation — collected from working nurses across every specialty. The carousel cycles automatically; pause it any time.
No 12-step listicles. Each guide is reported, sourced, and edited by a working nurse. We update the numbers when the numbers change.
Cover story
Recruiters quote you a blended rate. The IRS quotes you something else. The agency quotes you a third. We pulled BLS OEWS data and certification timelines for every advanced specialty and wrote down the answer in plain English.
Read the piece →Top-paying travel markets, emerging AI tools, and career hacks. Five-minute read at 6 a.m. Pacific. Read by working nurses. Unsubscribe any time.
