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Travel Nurse Salary in Nashville, TN

Median weekly · Nashville
$2,060
+$88/wk vs the Tennessee median · range $1,784–$3,160
Pay after Nashville rent / mo
≈ $7,744/mo
$2,060/wk × 4.33 − $1,176 typical 2-BR rent. Before taxes. (HUD FMR FY2026.)
State income tax
0%
Nashville inherits Tennessee's no-income-tax status, so more of each contract stays take-home.
Specialties in demand

Nashville specialties in demand

Nashville's health-care headquarters economy keeps a broad set of units posting across research and community systems, and the open specialty drives the rate more than the research or community label. The slate is broad for a metro this size. Filter by specialty to see what Nashville is paying.

Med Surg Labor and Delivery PCU ICU Oncology
Specialties with open contracts in this metro. Tap any for current openings. Rates vary by facility, shift, and start date.
What the number includes

Nashville's stipend math, item by item

In Nashville, two things shape the rate: modest rent and no state income tax. A two-bedroom near $1,685 runs a little above the national norm and well above the roughly $1,176 Tennessee average, but with no state tax taken out, more of the gross survives. Base pay plus the meal stipend account for the rest of the week, and the no-tax math is what gives a Nashville rate its edge.

Hourly base, the wage portion of the rate Housing stipend, a weekly housing allowance Meals & incidentals, a daily meals allowance
The exact split varies by contract and location.
Nashville context

Nashville net pay, rent and tax counted

The corporate side of American health care clusters in Nashville, deepening the market well past its size, so a working set of contracts is usually live. For a traveler, the draw is the tax math. Overall living costs run near the national average and rent about 5% above it, a two-bedroom near $1,685, so housing is moderate.

The advantage is tax. Tennessee has no state income tax, so the gross rate is not trimmed at the state level the way it is almost everywhere else, which lifts take-home even where rent runs a touch above average. No fresh application stands between a multistate license and a Nashville start; without one, Tennessee endorsement is the slower path, about six to eight weeks and around $150. The Tennessee RN licensing guide spells out the timeline.

0%
State income tax
One of nine states with none, so the same rate keeps more take-home than a high-tax state.
Compact ✓
Start on your license
Multistate license? No new application. Single-state: ~6-8 Weeks by endorsement.
9.99 /1k
RN per 1,000 residents
Below the national 9.92, so the market is structurally under-supplied, which keeps demand high.
8,500+ RN shortfall projected by 2035
TN Hospital Assn.
Sustained demand keeps contracts open.
Sources: HUD FMR FY2026 (2-BR rent), BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 (cost of living), NCSBN; Tennessee Board of Nursing (license status), Tax Foundation (state tax); all Nashville, TN. General information.
Live openings

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Tennessee takes nothing from wages, so a Nashville posting's gross holds together better than the rent might suggest. The open roles sit below with specialty, shift, and full detail.

CVOR · Nashville, TN
Days · 13 wks
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Cath Lab · Nashville, TN
Days · 13 wks
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Electrophysiology · Nashville, TN
Days · 13 wks
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PCU · Nashville, TN
Nights · 13 wks
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Nashville salary questions

Salary FAQs for Nashville travelers

What travel nurse salary in Nashville, TN should I budget around?
Nashville pay runs on weekly contracts across a deep care market, and its strength is the tax math: with the state taking nothing off wages, more of the gross rate survives. Current median and range sit in the pay band above.
Which Nashville units command the highest weeks?
Depth across Nashville's systems pushes the acute units to the top. ER, OR, ICU, cardiac, and Labor and Delivery work leads in Nashville, while Med Surg runs lower and off-shifts pay more. The specialty list above shows which are posting.
Does a Nashville rate go far after costs?
The no-tax math tilts Nashville yes. Rent runs only modestly above the national average, and with the state taking nothing, the gross is not trimmed, so take-home holds up well even where housing is a touch high. That tax edge is the difference here.
Will Tennessee's compact status cover a Nashville contract?
Yes. Tennessee is in the compact, so a multistate license opens a Nashville assignment with no new application; a single-state license takes a bit longer here, about six to eight weeks and $150. The Tennessee RN licensing guide has the steps.
Does Tennessee really have no income tax on travel pay?
Yes. Tennessee collects no tax on wage income, so the state takes nothing off a traveling nurse's Nashville rate, unlike nearly every other state. That untrimmed gross is the metro's main take-home advantage, even where rent runs a touch high.
Does Nashville pay stretch further than the state or national average?
After tax, usually yes. Nashville's rent runs above the Tennessee norm, but the untrimmed gross lifts take-home above what an equally paid contract keeps in a taxing state. The comparison above lines Nashville up against state and national cost.
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