LTC RN contract pay — advertised weekly rates
Median $2,020 a week across 1,232 live LTC RN listings with posted pay, as of September 16, 2026 — −7.9% against the all-specialty national median of $2,194.
- $2,020median per week−7.9% vs national
- $1,766–$2,22125th–75th percentilemiddle half of listings
- $2,015mean per week−10.4% vs national
- $54.91median hourly equivalentfrom 1,124 listings with posted hours
- 1,232listings with posted paylive listings, updated every 6 hours
What these figures are
Advertised contract rates, not earned wages. Every number on this page comes from a live RN listing for LTC that posted a rate — 1,232 of them as of September 16, 2026. 92% are travel contracts, so the figures describe what agencies and employers are offering for contract work this week, usually including housing and meal stipends — not staff salaries and not what any nurse took home. A further 9 listings for LTC post no rate and are excluded. Weekly figures use the top of each advertised range; hourly equivalents divide by the posted hours where a listing gives them. These figures are complementary to BLS wage data, which reports earned staff wages annually — they are not a substitute for it. Full methodology.
| Group | Listings | 25th pct / wk | Median / wk | 75th pct / wk | Mean / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTC | 1,232 | $1,766 | $2,020 | $2,221 | $2,015 | $54.91 (n=1,124) | −7.9% |
| National | 155,180 | $1,965 | $2,194 | $2,485 | $2,248 | $59.33 (n=147,568) | — |
States, ranked by median
| # | State | Listings | Median / wk | 25th–75th pct / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 49 | $2,498 | $2,358–$2,740 | $68.00 | +13.9% | 49 jobs |
| 2 | Hawaii | 35 | $2,380 | $2,206–$2,482 | $59.40 | +8.5% | 35 jobs |
| 3 | Colorado | 37 | $2,236 | $2,076–$2,285 | $61.71 | +1.9% | 37 jobs |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 93 | $2,134 | $1,978–$2,246 | $56.15 | −2.7% | 93 jobs |
| 5 | New York | 71 | $2,081 | $1,912–$2,403 | $55.39 | −5.2% | 71 jobs |
| 6 | Nebraska | 33 | $1,980 | $1,696–$2,088 | $52.78 | −9.8% | 33 jobs |
| 7 | Minnesota | 57 | $1,976 | $1,726–$2,094 | $51.42 | −9.9% | 57 jobs |
| 8 | North Dakota | 135 | $1,943 | $1,698–$2,134 | $53.92 | −11.4% | 135 jobs |
| 9 | Maine | 154 | $1,924 | $1,568–$2,066 | $53.73 | −12.3% | 154 jobs |
| 10 | South Dakota | 44 | $1,922 | $1,753–$2,160 | $52.67 | −12.4% | 44 jobs |
| 11 | Iowa | 127 | $1,890 | $1,676–$2,114 | $50.40 | −13.9% | 127 jobs |
Too few listings to rank (under 30): Kansas (29), Montana (29), New Hampshire (28), California (26), Maryland (24), New Mexico (21), Michigan (20), Connecticut (18), North Carolina (18), Tennessee (17), Illinois (16), Massachusetts (16), Indiana (15), Nevada (15), Virginia (14), Pennsylvania (11), Kentucky (10), West Virginia (10), Missouri (9), Mississippi (8), Vermont (8), Wyoming (6), Oregon (5), South Carolina (5), Idaho (4), Ohio (4), Texas (4), Arizona (3), Alabama (1), Delaware (1), Oklahoma (1), Washington (1).
By work type
| Work type | Listings | Median / wk | 25th–75th pct / wk | Mean / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | 1,129 | $2,038 | $1,800–$2,232 | $2,033 | $55.10 (n=1,023) | −7.1% |
| Contract | 81 | $1,692 | $1,512–$1,908 | $1,716 | $46.00 (n=80) | −22.9% |
| Full-time | 17 | too few listings to report (under 30) | ||||
| Part-time | 4 | too few listings to report (under 30) | ||||
| Not stated | 1 | too few listings to report (under 30) | ||||
By shift
| Shift | Listings | Median / wk | 25th–75th pct / wk | Mean / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days | 590 | $2,024 | $1,791–$2,200 | $2,014 | $55.00 (n=585) | −7.7% |
| Nights | 386 | $1,972 | $1,728–$2,127 | $1,953 | $54.48 (n=380) | −10.1% |
| Not stated | 129 | $2,167 | $1,767–$2,400 | $2,117 | $57.00 (n=34) | −1.2% |
| Evenings | 77 | $2,165 | $1,921–$2,326 | $2,100 | $55.15 (n=75) | −1.3% |
| Rotating | 50 | $2,112 | $1,863–$2,376 | $2,102 | $54.76 (n=50) | −3.7% |
Cite this page
RN Jobs Near Me. (2026). LTC RN contract pay — advertised weekly rates. Retrieved September 16, 2026 from https://rnjobsnearme.com/rn-salary/long-term-care. Data as of September 16, 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Reproduce the figures, tables and charts freely — in print or online — with attribution to RN Jobs Near Me and a link. Figures are advertised contract rates from live listings, not earned wages; the methodology explains what is and is not counted. The numbers on this page are also available as CSV, with the citation and licence on its first line.