The role of a Travel Nurse in the UK is not only highly valued but also financially rewarding. With healthcare demands fluctuating across regions, the need for experienced travel nurses remains consistently high. From bustling hospitals in London to rural clinics in Scotland and coastal facilities in Cornwall, healthcare providers are competing for skilled professionals, offering competitive pay, benefits, and flexible contracts.
Travel Nurse salary
Base pay £32K – £46K/yr
£38K/yr average base pay
The estimated salary for a Travel Nurse is £38,303 per year. This number represents the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The “Most Likely Range” represents values that exist within the 25th and 75th percentile of all pay data available for this role.
What do Travel Nurse earn
How much does a Travel Nurse make in United Kingdom?
£39,642/yr
Highest paying cities for Travel Nurse near United Kingdom
- Milton Keynes
£42,134 per year10 salaries reported - Bristol
£39,592 per year5 salaries reported - London
£38,878 per year10 salaries reported - Ashford
£38,150 per year7 salaries reported - Manchester
£34,513 per year10 salaries reported - St Albans
£32,465 per year6 salaries reported
What’s on Quora?
How much do travel nurses make when starting out?
A lot. But not according to Uncle Sam. The difference mostly relies on the tax free housing and meal stipends. Here’s an example… I’m a single guy with no dependents. When I was working as a staff nurse, I made around $60/hr. That equates to around $120k a year. After taxes, I brought home around $75,000 (I live in California and get taxed like crazy). That equates to around $2800 every two weeks.
When I started as a travel nurse, my pay dropped to around $28/hr. However, due to the tax laws with contracted individuals, and travel nurses specifically, I was able to receive, tax free, a $1400 weekly housing stipend and a $400 weekly meal stipend. So the only money I was actually taxed on was my hourly rate, which equated to about $1,000 a week, or, around $635 take home after taxes. This is all combined and you are paid every Friday (at least with my old company and several other ones I worked for), meaning that every Friday I was getting $2435 deposited into my checking account. Also, your taxes are ONLY calculated off of your taxable earnings. So Uncle Sam has zero idea what your stipend amounts are.
So, to recap:
Staff nurse: $120k +/- taxable a year, $75k take home.
Travel nurse: $50k +/- taxable a year, $125k take home.
If I had to go back and work bedside again, it would be travel all the way.
Top Answer
Several factors come into play but theres basically two main categories but really connected ,willing to go anywhere and experience.
Travel. I know a couple nurses that love this aspect, ones a male, other female. Both single and neither in a relationship. The guy wants to go to every state. He’s got 10 so far and loves it. His plan is to then write a book.
Experience. The lady is a BSRN with several key credentials. Obviously her Bachelor but ER and critical care so she can pretty write her own ticket. She did a 3 month stint in New York last summer at a hospital that was begging for nurses like all of the hospitals were. She made over $60 an hour plus a place to stay and meal expenses. She really ran herself dangerously thin working 16 hour shifts. She told me some horror stories but the stacking of dead bodies from COVID19 has stayed with her the most. She caught herself making some mistakes so she tapped out. Nothing major that endangered herself or others but she was afraid she might.
Basically you decide where you want to go, see what’s available, sign a contract for so many weeks and away you go. Usually you get free travel , a place to stay and expenses. If you like to travel and work it can be a sweet deal however COVID19 really was a game changer but both really made some major Benjamins as they say. I know this is a vague description but bottom line ALOT lol.
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