Travel Nurses are Suddenly Making Wall Street Caliber Money

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If anyone deserves a raise this year, it's nurses. Already overworked and underpaid pre-Covid, many are finding a new avenue to honest pay: hitting the road.

A mammoth spike in demand for travel nurses — those who float between hospitals on short-term contracts — has sent wages for the role sky high. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that surging labor demand is helping some travel nurses rake in the equivalent of over $400,000 a year.

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Source Fool.com