Nº 01 · The Settlement Source: Staffing Industry Analysts · Oct 2025 $4.4 million in receipts. A travel nurse staffing firm just agreed to pay $4.4M to settle a wage suit alleging two practices that nurses have been calling out for years: stipends excluded from overtime calculations, and contract pay rates reduced after nurses had … Read more
The number on the contract page is rarely the full story. Here is how travelers often compare packages—and what to sanity-check before you say yes.
Travel nurses are balancing two priorities in 2026: strong pay packages and day-to-day livability. Based on current contract patterns, housing pressure, and hospital demand signals, these are the markets worth watching. How we evaluate a strong market Total package value: taxable + stipend Housing pressure: how far stipends go in real neighborhoods Demand consistency: not … Read more
