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Travel Nurse Jobs in Tulsa, OK

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    Travel Nurse Jobs in the Tulsa Region

    Tulsa works as the regional medical hub for northeastern Oklahoma, so its travel nurse jobs draw from a wide referral area, not just the city. Three systems carry most of the volume: Saint Francis Health System, Ascension St. John, and Hillcrest HealthCare System, with Med Surg, telemetry, and OR among the steadier lines. Midtown sits closest to the central campuses; Broken Arrow, Jenks, and Owasso trade a longer drive for easier parking. With low housing costs, the trade-offs here lean more toward facility fit than budget.

    Tulsa travel contracts, by the numbers

    Inside the Tulsa Travel Nursing Market

    Updated today
    $1,928
    Median weekly pay
    Range $1,510–$2,287 on open jobs
    16
    Open Tulsa RN jobs
    Updated through the day
    Compact ✓
    Start on your license
    Single-state: ~6-8 Weeks by endorsement
    4.5%
    State income tax
    up to 4.5% (graduated)
    −17%
    Cost of living vs U.S.
    Below U.S. average · 2-BR rent ~$1,120
    Among 10 largest RN shortages · ~13% by 2038
    HRSA 2023–2038 · long-term
    See the full Tulsa salary breakdown New Median & percentiles, pay by specialty & metro, hourly, and take-home
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    Read the full Oklahoma RN licensing guide
    Pay and open jobs are live Advantis inventory: marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage. Cost of living, rent, tax, licensing and demand figures come from public sources (MERIC/BEA, HUD, Tax Foundation, NCSBN, BLS/HRSA) compiled in our State Reference. Tax and cost-of-living figures are general information, not advice; rent is a metro-varying average.

    Why Tulsa pulls regional RN demand

    Tulsa functions as the referral hub for northeastern Oklahoma, so assignments pull from a region far larger than the city, mostly through Saint Francis, Ascension St. John, and Hillcrest. The metro's RN base is modest, about 10,880 registered nurses (BLS OEWS), but that referral role keeps regional roles recurring, and HRSA nursing workforce projections reinforce the regional pull, national context. Affordability is the headline: at roughly 10.8% below the U.S. average on the BEA's price parities, it is a genuinely low-cost market. Oklahoma's place in the Nurse Licensure Compact means a multistate license usually starts you without separate paperwork.

    Hospitals hiring travel nurses near Tulsa, OK

    Hospitals throughout the Tulsa, OK area book travel nurses through Advantis, in a market where more than 9,500 registered nurses work.

    Ascension St. John Medical Center Level II Trauma

    677 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery NICU

    A 677-bed Tulsa medical center offering Level II trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and transplant services.

    Hillcrest Medical Center USN #3 OK '26

    656 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Tulsa's 656-bed Hillcrest, ranked #3 in Oklahoma by U.S. News and home to the Oklahoma Heart Institute.

    Oklahoma State University Medical Center Teaching

    195 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    One of the nation's largest osteopathic teaching hospitals, OSU Medical Center in Tulsa is a Level III trauma center with maternity services.

    Saint Francis Health System- Tulsa Level I Trauma

    1,112 beds · Tulsa, OK

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery Operating Room

    Tulsa, OK's 1,112-bed Saint Francis Health System, a Level I trauma center with a comprehensive stroke center.

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    Lining up a Tulsa travel contract

    Will a compact license work for a Tulsa contract?
    Yes. Oklahoma is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so a current multistate license usually starts you in Tulsa without separate Oklahoma paperwork. If your license is single-state, file for Oklahoma endorsement well before your target start date, since that wait, not the search, is what usually slows things down.
    Who hires travel nurses in Tulsa?
    Saint Francis, Ascension St. John, and Hillcrest handle the bulk of the market. Because each takes regional referrals from across northeastern Oklahoma, a campus can run busier than its size implies, so read the unit and the patient mix before the system name; the same brand feels different from a central campus to an outlying site.
    Can I see what Tulsa contracts pay before applying?
    Yes. Weekly pay is posted on each Tulsa listing, so you read the number before you ever apply. What sets it is unit need, shift, and stipends tied to cost of living, and since Tulsa's costs run well below average, a mid-range package can stretch surprisingly far. Sort the page by pay for a quick market read.
    Is Tulsa too small a market for steady contracts?
    It is smaller, with about 10,880 RNs locally, so volume is thinner than a big metro and timing matters more. But its referral role keeps work recurring more than the size suggests, and the trade-off is genuinely low cost and a lighter-pressure pace than in larger markets.
    Where do Tulsa travelers usually stay?
    Midtown and Cherry Street keep you close to the central campuses, while Broken Arrow, Jenks, and Owasso offer suburban space at Tulsa's low price points. Traffic is light by big-metro standards, so the campus a contract names matters more than the drive when you pick a base.
    How affordable is Tulsa for travelers?
    Very affordable. Living costs run roughly 10.8% below the national average (BEA), so rent and everyday spending stay low. With budget largely off the table, the main thing left to weigh is whether the facility and unit fit your background.
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