PACU RN contract pay — advertised weekly rates
Median $2,206 a week across 2,869 live PACU RN listings with posted pay, as of October 31, 2026 — −1.8% against the all-specialty national median of $2,246.
- $2,206median per week−1.8% vs national
- $1,920–$2,48025th–75th percentilemiddle half of listings
- $2,204mean per week−4.2% vs national
- $58.08median hourly equivalentfrom 2,717 listings with posted hours
- 2,869listings 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 PACU that posted a rate — 2,869 of them as of October 31, 2026. 94% 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 24 listings for PACU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACU | 2,869 | $1,920 | $2,206 | $2,480 | $2,204 | $58.08 (n=2,717) | −1.8% |
| National | 169,157 | $1,997 | $2,246 | $2,543 | $2,300 | $60.28 (n=159,315) | — |
States, ranked by median
| # | State | Listings | Median / wk | 25th–75th pct / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 94 | $2,566 | $2,448–$2,660 | $64.05 | +14.2% | 94 jobs |
| 2 | Vermont | 52 | $2,556 | $2,422–$2,701 | $64.00 | +13.8% | 52 jobs |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 206 | $2,552 | $2,342–$2,702 | $65.90 | +13.6% | 206 jobs |
| 4 | Washington | 106 | $2,518 | $2,292–$2,676 | $63.85 | +12.1% | 106 jobs |
| 5 | Minnesota | 45 | $2,453 | $2,243–$2,628 | $64.54 | +9.2% | 45 jobs |
| 6 | California | 293 | $2,449 | $2,232–$2,595 | $62.34 | +9.0% | 293 jobs |
| 7 | New York | 63 | $2,390 | $2,225–$2,566 | $65.19 | +6.4% | 63 jobs |
| 8 | Oregon | 104 | $2,376 | $2,072–$2,622 | $65.26 | +5.8% | 104 jobs |
| 9 | Montana | 65 | $2,347 | $2,225–$2,547 | $62.06 | +4.5% | 65 jobs |
| 10 | Iowa | 91 | $2,341 | $2,190–$2,508 | $61.11 | +4.2% | 91 jobs |
| 11 | Maine | 102 | $2,256 | $2,142–$2,439 | $62.06 | +0.4% | 102 jobs |
| 12 | Ohio | 59 | $2,247 | $2,016–$2,380 | $57.83 | ±0% | 59 jobs |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 64 | $2,203 | $1,945–$2,445 | $60.95 | −1.9% | 64 jobs |
| 14 | Indiana | 57 | $2,145 | $1,946–$2,257 | $54.53 | −4.5% | 57 jobs |
| 15 | Missouri | 105 | $2,108 | $1,933–$2,280 | $56.05 | −6.1% | 105 jobs |
| 16 | Hawaii | 43 | $2,100 | $1,996–$2,331 | $57.96 | −6.5% | 43 jobs |
| 17 | Michigan | 49 | $2,097 | $2,005–$2,239 | $58.11 | −6.6% | 49 jobs |
| 18 | New Mexico | 102 | $2,096 | $1,959–$2,357 | $52.33 | −6.7% | 102 jobs |
| 19 | Kentucky | 39 | $2,081 | $1,954–$2,265 | $56.38 | −7.3% | 39 jobs |
| 20 | Louisiana | 32 | $2,036 | $1,931–$2,209 | $55.00 | −9.3% | 32 jobs |
| 21 | Georgia | 134 | $2,024 | $1,711–$2,216 | $53.89 | −9.9% | 134 jobs |
| 22 | Illinois | 98 | $1,982 | $1,819–$2,193 | $54.80 | −11.8% | 98 jobs |
| 23 | Virginia | 148 | $1,927 | $1,797–$2,145 | $51.71 | −14.2% | 148 jobs |
| 24 | New Hampshire | 68 | $1,918 | $1,783–$2,513 | $52.82 | −14.6% | 68 jobs |
| 25 | Tennessee | 42 | $1,915 | $1,810–$1,997 | $50.06 | −14.7% | 42 jobs |
| 26 | Colorado | 34 | $1,906 | $1,794–$2,124 | $52.83 | −15.1% | 34 jobs |
| 27 | South Carolina | 78 | $1,879 | $1,714–$2,031 | $49.40 | −16.3% | 78 jobs |
| 28 | Florida | 33 | $1,824 | $1,615–$1,997 | $44.56 | −18.8% | 33 jobs |
| 29 | North Carolina | 80 | $1,808 | $1,629–$2,011 | $49.64 | −19.5% | 80 jobs |
| 30 | Texas | 228 | $1,783 | $1,672–$1,894 | $47.40 | −20.6% | 228 jobs |
Too few listings to rank (under 30): Washington, DC (27), Arizona (19), Alaska (18), North Dakota (18), Nevada (17), Connecticut (14), Kansas (10), New Jersey (6), Oklahoma (6), Delaware (4), Rhode Island (3), West Virginia (3), Maryland (2), South Dakota (2), Utah (2), Arkansas (1), Idaho (1), Nebraska (1), Wyoming (1).
By work type
| Work type | Listings | Median / wk | 25th–75th pct / wk | Mean / wk | Median hourly equiv. | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | 2,691 | $2,221 | $1,940–$2,497 | $2,221 | $58.56 (n=2,564) | −1.1% |
| Contract | 148 | $2,016 | $1,692–$2,160 | $1,939 | $50.85 (n=148) | −10.2% |
| Full-time | 27 | too few listings to report (under 30) | ||||
| Not stated | 2 | too few listings to report (under 30) | ||||
| Per diem / PRN | 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 | 2,099 | $2,210 | $1,924–$2,474 | $2,202 | $58.29 (n=2,078) | −1.6% |
| Nights | 359 | $2,025 | $1,828–$2,285 | $2,070 | $56.00 (n=355) | −9.8% |
| Not stated | 186 | $2,386 | $2,057–$2,645 | $2,379 | $53.22 (n=61) | +6.2% |
| Rotating | 141 | $2,300 | $2,120–$2,534 | $2,304 | $60.79 (n=140) | +2.4% |
| Evenings | 84 | $2,294 | $1,981–$2,610 | $2,267 | $58.08 (n=83) | +2.1% |
Cite this page
RN Jobs Near Me. (2026). PACU RN contract pay — advertised weekly rates. Retrieved November 1, 2026 from https://rnjobsnearme.com/rn-salary/pacu. Data as of October 31, 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.