Here are four things to know about the state of travel nurse pay, according to data shared with Becker’s from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
Note: As of Jan. 5, there are 166,591 open jobs on the Vivian platform, plus 64,451 new this week.
1. Average weekly travel nurse pay dropped from $2,643 in January 2023 to $2,370 in December 2023, a 10.3% decrease.
2. Utah had the highest increase from November to December (4.91%).
3. Tennessee had the sharpest decrease from November to December (2.38%).
4. Cardiac and PICU roles continue to be lucrative, Vivian said. As of December, the highest-paying roles were cardiac progressive care unit ($3,256 per week, on average); CVPICU ($3,167 per week, on average); and PICU ($3,073 per week, on average).
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