Travel therapy pay calculator
Estimate your weekly take-home on a travel contract — by discipline, state, setting, and hours — and see how it splits between tax-free stipends and taxable wage. Free, no signup, built on real contract data.
Estimated weekly take-home
$1,914 – $2,554
Typical (median) ≈ $2,064/wk at 40 hrs
Tax-free stipends
$1,001–$1,336
Taxable wage (after est. tax)
$913–$1,218
National range from 330 PT contracts. Estimate only — not an offer or tax advice.
See real openings matching this estimate →How travel pay splits
A travel package isn't one salary — it's a taxable hourly wage plus tax-free stipends for housing and meals (when you keep a valid tax home and duplicate expenses under IRS rules). The headline you should compare is weekly take-home: after estimated tax on the wage, plus stipends. These ranges come from real open and recent contracts on DirectStaff — read the full breakdown.