Everything travel nurses need to know about travel nursing pay, including negotiating, evaluating, and comparing travel nursing pay packages, and tax free money. There are over 60 articles in this blog category!
Google has dramatically increased its use of AI Overviews since first launching the feature in May of 2024. This despite the fact that researchers studying Generative AI report hallucination rates as high as 82% on certain topics. Therefore, I thought it would be a good idea to check in on how AI Overviews are performing on the topic of travel nursing. What I found was astonishingly alarming. Read more
The “50 Mile Rule” is one of the most common fallacies pertaining to tax-free reimbursements for travel nurses. It’s prominent among both travel nurses and travel nursing recruiters. Purveyors of this “rule” claim that it allows travel nurses to accept tax-free reimbursements as long as the travel assignment is 50 miles or more from the travel nurse’s tax home. This is incorrect. The IRS makes no such determination. In this article, we’ll thoroughly review this topic so travel nurses can approach it with confidence. Read more
The travel nurse housing stipend is one of the largest components of the travel nursing pay package. Unfortunately, the travel nurse housing stipend is also steeped in nuance and complexities. As a result, it can cause a lot of confusion. So, in this article, we cover everything you need to know about the travel nurse housing stipend so you can approach the issue with confidence. Read more
Travel nurses incur costs that traditional permanent employees do not. In this article, we discuss why it’s so important for travel nurses to consider these costs when they evaluate travel nursing pay packages. Additionally, we provide examples of how you can factor these costs into your pay evaluations and obtain the “Cost Adjusted Value”. This way, travel nurses achieve a more accurate idea of what they stand to earn on a travel nursing contract. Read more
It’s becoming increasingly popular for travel nursing companies to advertise their pay rates on job postings. In fact, travel nursing job boards that publish pay quotes are everywhere these days. We have one on BluePipes!
It’s understandable for travel nurses to be ecstatic about this trend. However, what travel nurses don’t know about these pay quotes may come back to haunt them. So, in this article, we discuss how travel nursing companies calculate their pay rates. We also discuss everything you need to know about job advertisements with pay rates so you can navigate them with confidence. Read more
Travel nurses typically receive tax-free reimbursements for various expenses because they travel away from their tax-home for work. However, there are limits as to how long a travel nurse can stay in one place and continue to qualify for tax-free reimbursements. In this article, we’ll discuss all of this topic’s angles so travel nurses can approach it with confidence. Read more
“How much do travel nurses make?” This is a very complex topic. Unfortunately, the internet is littered with oversimplified and often duplicitous answers to the question. As a result, travel nurses are often caught off guard with unexpected results. In this article, we’ll take an in-depth look at how much traveling nurses make so you can set expectations accordingly. Read more
