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Travel Healthcare Pay Pulse — Week 32, 2026

Published Monday, August 3, 20263 min read

Pay Pulse for August 3, 2026 – August 9, 2026. Pulled live from 2,252 open travel-healthcare assignments across 49 U.S. states. Median weekly pay this week sits at $2,142 ▼ 1.1%.

Open jobs
2,252
▲ 6.2% WoW
States with openings
49
Median weekly pay
$2,142

Top-paying states this week

States ranked by median weekly pay (not max — median is harder to game and reflects what a typical assignment actually pays). Minimum 5 open jobs to qualify.

#StateMedian /wkTop /wkAvg /wkOpen jobs
1Alaska (AK) $2,713$4,914$2,75933
2North Dakota (ND) $2,686$2,884$2,6485
3Oregon (OR) $2,638$3,638$2,56450
4New Jersey (NJ) $2,542$3,671$2,45329
5New York (NY) $2,542$3,560$2,53916
6Nevada (NV) $2,524$4,158$2,43236
7Michigan (MI) $2,506$3,346$2,14815
8Hawaii (HI) $2,496$3,538$2,47740
9Montana (MT) $2,410$3,617$2,47030
10Illinois (IL) $2,398$3,466$2,51721

Highest-volume markets

Where the work is right now, regardless of pay tier. Useful if you prioritize variety + speed-to-start.

#StateOpen jobsMedian pay
1California396$2,290
2North Carolina224$1,965
3New Mexico164$1,931
4Texas163$1,924
5Colorado99$2,118
6Florida94$2,326
7Tennessee90$1,963
8Vermont78$2,177
9New Hampshire73$1,923
10Maine61$1,890

Top cities by open assignments

#CityOpen jobsAvg pay /wk
1Asheville, NC129$1,837
2Albuquerque, NM70$1,682
3Nashville, TN40$2,123
4Johnstown, PA37$1,853
5Susanville, CA31$2,196
6Soledad, CA30$2,216
7Wichita, KS28$2,125
8Tyler, TX28$1,968
9Santa Fe, NM27$1,981
10Burlington, VT26$2,630
11Austin, TX25$1,977
12Reno, NV24$2,615
13Crescent City, CA21$2,434
14Hilo, HI21$2,304
15Denver, CO20$1,870

Pay by profession

RN ▼ 0.4%

1,090 open positions • median $2,120 • top pay $4,914

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Vermont$3,01512
Alaska$2,88513
California$2,86693
Oregon$2,73612
New York$2,6508

LPN/LVN ▲ 1.1%

140 open positions • median $1,230 • top pay $2,661

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
California$2,02839
Wisconsin$1,5103
New Hampshire$1,26610
Vermont$1,24316
New Mexico$1,07039

CNA ▲ 0%

119 open positions • median $740 • top pay $1,915

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Hawaii$1,7843
California$1,41645
New Hampshire$74020
Vermont$73417
West Virginia$6679

Physical Therapy ▲ 0.6%

205 open positions • median $2,365 • top pay $4,003

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Alaska$2,9124
Illinois$2,8863
Colorado$2,7527
Oregon$2,6727
New Mexico$2,5687

Occupational Therapy ▲ 4%

102 open positions • median $2,315 • top pay $2,957

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Washington$2,7584
Oregon$2,67210
Minnesota$2,4623
Oklahoma$2,4364
Maryland$2,3043

Speech Therapy ▼ 1.2%

36 open positions • median $2,591 • top pay $3,332

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Alaska$2,8253
Washington$2,5916
California$2,4874
Oregon$2,3246

Respiratory Therapy ▲ 1%

68 open positions • median $1,868 • top pay $2,736

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
Vermont$2,46318
New Jersey$2,3115
Virginia$1,8685
Florida$1,8584
Texas$1,7455

Behavioral Health ▼ 5.2%

58 open positions • median $2,118 • top pay $3,453

StateMedian weekly payOpen jobs
California$2,20548
North Carolina$1,8966

This week's top-paying open assignments

RoleLocationPay
RN — Oncology
Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center
Sitka, AK $4,914/wk
RN — Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA)
Enloe Medical Center
Chico, CA $4,446/wk
RN — L&D
Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital
Elko, NV $4,158/wk
Ophthalmology — Optometrist
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)
Crescent City, CA $4,142/wk
Ophthalmology — Optometrist
Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) & (SVSP/PP)
Soledad, CA $4,095/wk

Top 5 of 2,252 open assignments ranked by weekly pay. View all live openings on catsol.com.

Methodology

Numbers pulled from the live LaborEdge feed of CatSol's open assignments at the start of week 32, 2026 (August 3, 2026). "Median weekly pay" is the 50th-percentile weekly_pay_max across all open jobs in the cohort — outliers don't skew it. Week-over-week deltas, where shown, compare to the snapshot from week 31, 2026.

This page regenerates every Monday morning. CatSol's correctional and corrections-RN markets — California, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont — often dominate the top-paying state rankings.