Travel Nurse Jobs in Texas | Open Now

Texas keeps travel contracts flowing for a straightforward reason: demand keeps outrunning supply. The Texas Department of State Health Services projects a statewide shortfall of more than 56,370 RN full-time equivalents by 2036, even as the state's more than 270,000 employed RNs form the second-largest nursing workforce in the country, behind only California. Most of that work sits in and around Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, where large systems run year-round volume and the broadest specialty range. On licensing, Texas is a compact state whose Board of Nursing keeps the reference list other states cite, so a current multistate license lets you practice with no extra step, while nurses from non-compact states add Texas by endorsement through that same board; the Texas RN licensing guide lays out the current steps. Where Texas separates from higher-cost states is take-home: it charges no state income tax, and a cost of living well below the national average, driven mostly by cheaper housing, means a weekly package tends to hold more value than the posted rate shows, though the trade-off is some of the nation's higher property-tax rates if you ever buy.