The recruiter quotes a blended rate. The IRS quotes another. Here's the number that hits your account — pulled from 240 contracts, CMS data, and GSA stipends.
We update these monthly so you don't have to chart-hunt at 2 a.m. Click any chart to see methodology and the exact extract date.
Pay calculators, license maps, ROI math, burnout self-checks. Each one runs in your browser, never asks for your email, and remembers you opened it.
Hourly + stipends + state taxes + duplicated expenses. The number that actually hits your account.
Lodging + M&IE limits per location. Know your ceiling before the recruiter quotes you a low one.
Which 41 states honor your license, which need a walk-through, which want a fingerprint card by Tuesday.
Side-by-side over 5 years, including PTO, retirement match, health premiums. Not the recruiter's math.
Tuition, lost wages, pay differential, break-even month. Tells you the truth in years, not in marketing copy.
A 90-second self-check that doesn't lecture you. Outputs three things you can change this week.
Two hundred and five tips — from IV access to documentation — collected from working nurses across every specialty. The carousel cycles automatically; pause it any time.
No 12-step listicles. Each guide is reported, sourced, and edited by a working nurse. We update the numbers when the numbers change.
Cover story
Recruiters quote you a blended rate. The IRS quotes you something else. The agency quotes you a third. We pulled BLS OEWS data and certification timelines for every advanced specialty and wrote down the answer in plain English.
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