Is this travel contract resonable or am I being low balled

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Hello Everyone,

This is my first post. I just received a contract to work in a Northern California Hospital. Here are the financial terms:

48hr/week for 13 weeks

Hourly wage: $22.75

Overtime: $35.49

Housing stipend: $693/week

Per Diem: $427/week

Total take home pay after estimated taxes: $2014.37/week

I'm fine with the take home pay, I just can't wrap my brain around my hourly wage. This is the first time I have worked with this company and I'm just not sure. I might have been spoiled because the travel company that I normally work with pays a fantastic hourly salary and gives either free housing or a housing stipend. They just did not have anything in California at this time. For this company, I had to take the housing stipend because my take home pay would have been around $1,400/week without it.

I am excited about going to California. I'm excited about working for this hospital. But I keep thinking "I will be only making $22.75/hr that's crazy!" So my fellow travelers, does this seem like a reasonable contract? Should I just focus on my take home pay and block out my hourly wage?

Thank you for your replies

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How much will housing be and your take home after that? If it is better or equal to what you are used to, what is your question?

Personally, I would try to negotiate the OT up. That would be better for the agency too as it gives you an incentive to make the agency more money.

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What agency if you don't mind me asking?

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Specializes in NICU.

You are also getting a $427/wk Per Diem (non-traveling nurses don't get Per Diem). If you add that into your hourly wage it's $31.65/ hr.

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How much will your housing be? You have to configure that in. If you're making 2,000 a week and housing is 1600/month, then you're down to $1600 a week.

Hopefully you can find cheap housing

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