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!
We have a confession to make. We’re not really going to discuss how to negotiate a travel nursing overtime rate. Instead, we’re going to discuss how to negotiate an extra hours rate. First, we’re going to discuss the difference between travel nursing overtime hours and extra hours. Then, we’ll offer some tips on negotiating extra hours rates. Read more
Travel nurses negotiate new pay packages much more frequently than the average professional. This is because travel nursing jobs are short-term, each contract is different, and each agency has its own way of doing things. Therefore, it’s important for travel nurses to know that the the “bill rate” for a travel nursing job is perhaps the single most important variable in determining a pay package. Read more
Given that travel nursing contracts are short term, travel nurses must negotiate their pay much more often than the average professional. In this article, we’ll provide 25 tips and tricks to help you negotiate travel nursing pay and contracts like a pro!
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If you’ve discussed travel nursing pay with multiple agencies, then you’ve most certainly found that different agencies compensate their travel nurses in different ways. Some companies pay larger tax-free stipends than others. Some companies offer rental cars while others don’t. Some companies offer furnished one bedroom apartments while others will only offer an Extended Stay hotel.
The various individual differences can be difficult to keep track of. However, there are a couple of general differences that travel nurses should be acutely aware of. We’re going to discuss one of those general differences here, the difference between flexible compensation packages and rigid compensation packages. Read more
One of the top advantages of travel nursing cited by both travel nurses and agencies is the pay. It’s true that travel nursing pay packages are higher than permanent pay packages in many cases. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes, travel nursing compensation packages aren’t all that lucrative.
As a result, many travel nurses maintain “bottom line” requirements. If assignments don’t meet the compensation requirements, then they are passed over until an assignment that meets the requirements is offered. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some considerations for adopting this strategy and some of its advantages and disadvantages. Read more
As we’ve noted time and again on this blog, bill rates are the single most important variable in determining travel nursing pay. The bill rate is the hourly rate that agencies can charge their client hospitals for the travel nurse’s time.
There are many different categories of bill rates. The overtime category is one of the more complicated bill rate categories and we’ll cover it in detail here. Understanding the issues at play with overtime bill rates will help travel nurses understand the limitations faced by agencies when determining “extra hours” pay which will help travel nurses with their compensation negotiations. Read more
Travel nurses often discuss and compare their travel nursing pay packages. This is understandable given the opacity of travel nursing pay. Additionally, pay is always a matter of negotiation and it’s natural for people to want to know whether or not they’re getting a good deal. Read more
