Travel MedSurg/Tele RN pay in California
Travel MedSurg/Tele RNs in California take home a median of $2,291 per week on Bypass right now, across 13 open contracts. The top contract pays $2,962. That is about $349/week more than a traditional agency pays on the same contracts.
Median / wk
$2,291
Top / wk
$2,962
vs. national median
−$98
Open contracts
13
Highest-paying open MedSurg/Tele RN contracts in California
- West Hollywood12 hour days/48 hours per week · 13 weeks · 48 hrs/wk$2,962/wk
- Castro Valley12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,824/wk
- Antioch12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,764/wk
- Los Angeles12 hour days · 26 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,526/wk
- Los Angeles12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,426/wk
- Orange12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,403/wk
- West Hollywood12 hour nights · 15 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,291/wk
- Pomona12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,093/wk
- Pomona12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,093/wk
- Pomona12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,093/wk
- Pomona12 hour nights · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,093/wk
- Pomona12 hour days · 13 weeks · 36 hrs/wk$2,093/wk
Questions about travel MedSurg/Tele RN pay in California
How much do travel MedSurg/Tele RNs make in California?
Open travel MedSurg/Tele RN contracts in California on Bypass pay a median of $2,291 per week in take-home, across 13 contracts. The middle half pay $2,093 to $2,526, and the top contract pays $2,962. Take-home is taxable hourly pay plus housing and meal stipends.
Does California pay travel MedSurg/Tele RNs more than other states?
Right now the California median is $98 per week below the national median of $2,389 for travel MedSurg/Tele RN contracts on Bypass.
Where in California are travel MedSurg/Tele RN contracts open?
The most open contracts are in Pomona (6), Los Angeles (2), West Hollywood (2), Castro 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.