13Live ER RN Travel Jobs in Massachusetts · August 18 700+ 5-Star Reviews

ER Travel Nurse Jobs in Massachusetts

Compare travel ER nurse jobs in Massachusetts across Boston systems and community hospitals by trauma level, shift, pay, and location.

Pick this next
Pick this next
Set location
ER · Massachusetts
13
live jobs
$2,384
avg weekly pay iMarket pay is the average weekly rate across active assignments matching your specialty and location. Each job’s pay tier compares its weekly pay to this average.
+6
new this week
Explore this market
Browse ER jobs by state
Texas 39 California 25 Virginia 17 Iowa 15 Georgia 14 North Carolina 13 Colorado 11
Jobs here move fast. Don’t miss the next match.

Drop your number and we’ll text you the moment a matching job opens.

    13 jobs updated today
    Sort by radius

    Massachusetts ER Work in a Compact Hospital Market

    A compact geography does not make Massachusetts emergency departments operationally alike. ER travel nurse jobs in Massachusetts operate within a geographically compact but varied hospital market. Boston’s academic systems and major trauma centers receive complex referrals, while Worcester, Springfield, the South Coast, Cape Cod, and western communities support different mixes of transfer, pediatric, behavioral-health, and observation work. Short distances on a map do not always mean simple patient movement when referral agreements, specialty coverage, and bed access differ. Compare the hospital’s trauma role, who retains boarded patients, which units own observation, and how transport works beyond the metro core. The contract questions worth asking focus on actual coverage boundaries rather than assuming that every Massachusetts ER follows the Boston model.

    Massachusetts ER Market View

    Updated today

    Acuity, shift, and overtime move weekly ER rates in Massachusetts; see the live ranges below.

    13 ER contracts are open in Massachusetts right now, with +6 added in the last 7 days and 5 already filled. Open postings have been live about 12 days on average.

    13
    Open ER jobs
    12 days
    Median time active
    +6
    Added last 7 days
    2,254,190
    Treat-and-release ED visits in Massachusetts, FY2024 (CHIA)
    Why demand stays strong
    88,200
    Registered nurses employed in Massachusetts (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
    3.5h
    Pediatric ED average length of stay, Q4 FFY2025 (CHIA, preliminary)
    Single-state
    Massachusetts NLC implementation remains pending (NLC)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Massachusetts ER Markets in a Compact State

    Live · updated today

    Boston’s academic systems, Worcester and Springfield hubs, and coastal or western hospitals should be compared by flow, transfers, and overnight resources.

    Highest weekly pay · ER
    Concord
    $2,756
    Burlington
    $2,533
    Worcester
    $2,487
    Boston
    $2,458
    Brockton
    $2,392
    Nantucket
    $2,288
    Oak Bluffs
    $2,281
    Great Barrington
    $2,276

    Use boarding ownership and receiving relationships to distinguish nearby Massachusetts markets.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Massachusetts ED Flow and Length-of-Stay Signals

    Quarterly flow data offers the clearest current lens on Massachusetts ER pressure. Massachusetts publishes a timely view of treat-and-release emergency care, and the latest completed federal-fiscal quarter shows both scale and flow pressure. CHIA reported approximately 566,000 statewide ED visits in Q4 FFY2025. During the same quarter, the overall average length of stay reached 4.8 hours. These preliminary measures exclude visits that became inpatient admissions or observation stays, so they should not be read as the entire emergency care workload. They do, however, give travelers a practical reason to investigate flow. Boston referral hospitals may combine complex arrivals with difficult inpatient placement, while regional departments can face their own behavioral-health, transfer, and specialty-access constraints. Useful contract questions concern boarding definitions, observation ownership, psychiatric placement, pediatric pathways, and how travelers are deployed when length of stay rises.

    Q4 FFY2025 figures are preliminary treat-and-release data; CHIA's dashboard now extends through December 2025.

    Massachusetts Emergency Department Types

    Massachusetts contracts may involve Boston teaching hospitals, regional referral centers, community departments, or smaller coastal and western facilities with different boarding and transfer patterns.

    NSMC Salem Hospital USN #9 MA '26

    212 beds · Salem, MA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    The North Shore's largest provider, this 212-bed Salem hospital ranks #9 in Massachusetts by U.S. News.

    Beth Israel Lahey - Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Magnet

    343 beds · Burlington, MA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Near Boston in Burlington, Lahey is a Magnet academic medical center with a Level I trauma center, transplant program, and comprehensive stroke care.

    UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Camp Level I Trauma

    740 beds · Worcester, MA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Worcester's UMass Memorial, an academic Level I trauma center with comprehensive stroke care and a transplant program.

    Massachusetts General Hospital Magnet

    999 beds · Boston, MA

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Boston's Magnet-recognized Mass General, a U.S. News Honor Roll hospital, combining Level I trauma care with a transplant program.

    Massachusetts ER Jobs: What to Know First

    Is Massachusetts a compact state for ER travel jobs?
    Not in practice. Massachusetts has enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact but has not implemented it, and those are different things. A multistate or compact license cannot be used for assignments here today, so every traveler needs a Massachusetts license by endorsement through the Board of Registration in Nursing. Older guidance gets this wrong, so check the date on anything you read.
    What certifications do Massachusetts ER contracts require?
    BLS and ACLS on nearly every posting. PALS is asked for where the department treats pediatric patients, which is common but not universal in a state with dedicated children's services. TNCC is preferred at the busier academic and regional departments. A year or two of recent emergency experience is standard, and requirements vary by hospital.
    Why does ER pay differ between Massachusetts cities?
    The state is small, which makes the spread surprising until you see what drives it. Rates follow how hard an opening is to fill, so a western or coastal department competing with a thinner labor pool can price above a Boston posting. Shift and contract length add to it. The chart on this page ranks live weekly pay by city.
    Where are Massachusetts ER openings concentrated?
    Boston anchors the volume, with Worcester and Springfield carrying steady openings and the coastal and western systems posting consistently. The state recorded more than two million treat-and-release ED visits in FY2024, and that traffic is not confined to the metro. Massachusetts is compact enough that one home base can reach several markets, which is rare.
    How much lead time do I need for a Massachusetts start?
    Enough for the license. Massachusetts is single-state today, so the Board of Registration in Nursing sets your earliest possible start and no contract shortens it. Apply first, browse second. Contract length and extension terms vary by facility and unit, so your recruiter will confirm those once you are looking at something specific rather than the state as a whole.
    ER RN travel jobs in top states
    Massachusetts nursing jobs by specialty
    Top cities for ER assignments
    Massachusetts & ER pay and licensing