Travel MedSurg RN pay in California
Travel MedSurg RNs in California take home a median of $2,462 per week on Bypass right now, across 11 open contracts. The top contract pays $2,543. That is about $271/week more than a traditional agency pays on the same contracts.
Median / wk
$2,462
Top / wk
$2,543
vs. national median
+$253
Open contracts
11
Highest-paying open MedSurg RN contracts in California
- Santa Cruz12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,543/wk
- Berkeley12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,498/wk
- Los Angeles12 hour nights · 8 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,486/wk
- Grass Valley12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,485/wk
- Red Bluff12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,485/wk
- Redding12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
- Redding12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
- Redding12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
- Redding12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
- Redding12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
- Redding12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,462/wk
Questions about travel MedSurg RN pay in California
How much do travel MedSurg RNs make in California?
Open travel MedSurg RN contracts in California on Bypass pay a median of $2,462 per week in take-home, across 11 contracts. The middle half pay $2,462 to $2,485, and the top contract pays $2,543. Take-home is taxable hourly pay plus housing and meal stipends.
Does California pay travel MedSurg RNs more than other states?
Right now the California median is $253 per week above the national median of $2,209 for travel MedSurg RN contracts on Bypass.
Where in California are travel MedSurg RN contracts open?
The most open contracts are in Redding (6), Los Angeles (1), Berkeley (1), Grass Valley (1).
Figures are weekly take-home on contracts open on Bypass as of October 2026, refreshed hourly. Stipends are non-taxable for travelers who maintain a tax home. Confirm specifics in your contract.