Set Up Job Alerts Refer a Friend Traveler Login
Search Jobs

Top Paying Travel Nursing Jobs Nationwide

See weekly pay before you apply for traveling nurse jobs. Compare RN openings updated hourly by location, shift, and start date.

Featured Jobs

Open Travel RN Jobs in Compact States

Showing 15 of 5,005 jobs

180,800
RN openings per year
8%
RN shortfall in 2028

Nursing Demand and Workforce Outlook

For top paying travel nursing jobs, national demand provides context. BLS projects 180,800 RN openings a year for 2025-35. Separately, HRSA forecasts an 8% RN supply shortfall in 2028. These figures describe the wider nursing workforce and do not predict travel pay.

Staffing and Support in Traveling Nurse Jobs

Travel nursing lets you bring your skills to new places. Nursing is a profession with deep standards behind it, and ANA's staffing principles reflect how much thought the field puts into safe, patient-centered care. That strong foundation is one of the things that makes moving between assignments feel natural, you step into a shared professional culture wherever you go, doing work that's recognized and valued nationwide.

Travel nursing is part of one of the largest clinical workforces in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about 180,800 registered nurse openings per year, on average, from 2025 to 2035. Travel assignments represent one way experienced RNs can move through that broader market, taking their specialty knowledge to facilities with temporary needs while continuing to build experience across different healthcare systems.

Healthcare professionals talking in a hospital corridor.

Traveling Nurse Jobs and RN Contract FAQs

Does Anders Group charge me to find a travel nursing job?

No. Anders Group doesn't charge applicants for its staffing services. Healthcare facilities pay the agency to help fill their openings.

Can a contract close to home qualify for tax-free stipends?

Distance alone does not decide eligibility, and the IRS has no blanket 50-mile rule for travel stipends. Its away-from-home test requires work outside your tax-home area for substantially longer than an ordinary workday, with sleep or rest needed while away. Your tax home generally means your main work area, not necessarily your family residence. A routine commute does not meet that test.

Can I use a compact license for traveling RN jobs?

Yes, if you hold an active multistate RN license and the destination has implemented the Nurse Licensure Compact. Your primary residence must be in a compact state. A single-state RN license does not provide those privileges; outside the active compact, you need the destination's license.

How long are travel nursing assignments?

Most Anders Group travel assignments last 13 weeks, but shorter and longer contracts are possible. Use the start and end dates in the specific nursing contract to plan your stay; the companywide pattern doesn't fix every assignment's length.

How do travel stipends work, and when are they tax-free?

Travel stipends help cover lodging, meals, and incidental expenses during an assignment. They can be excluded from taxable income when you qualify for temporary work away from your tax home and the payments meet IRS accountable-plan rules. Those rules include documenting qualifying business travel and returning excess amounts when required. Maintaining a permanent address alone does not establish eligibility, and calling a payment a stipend does not make it tax-free.

Travel Nursing Advice

Apply Now

60 SECONDS

Receive job details & match with a recruiter.

Applying to:

    4.8 Stars on Google · No account required