Travel nursing in New York
Stipend ceilings by area, compact license status, and every hospital guide in the state. Real numbers, with sources.
Housing stipend ceilings in New York
The most an agency can pay tax-free for housing is the GSA lodging rate × 7 nights. Cheapest: $791/wk (standard rate, every county not listed below, 45 hospitals). Most expensive: New York City at $2,038/wk on average, $2,506/wk at peak.
| Area (county) | Housing /wk | Meals /wk | Hosp. |
|---|---|---|---|
New York City Bronx / Kings / New York / Queens / Richmond | $2,038 $1,323–$2,506 · peaks Oct, Nov, Dec, Sep | $644 | 37 |
Floral Park / Garden City / Great Neck Nassau | $1,204 flat all year | $602 | 8 |
Lake Placid Essex | $1,196 $1,015–$1,575 · peaks Jul, Aug | $602 | 2 |
Tarrytown / White Plains / New Rochelle Westchester | $1,176 flat all year | $644 | 11 |
Riverhead / Ronkonkoma / Melville Suffolk | $1,141 flat all year | $602 | 10 |
Saratoga Springs / Schenectady Saratoga / Schenectady | $1,055 $959–$1,533 · peaks Jul, Aug | $560 | 4 |
Ithaca Tompkins | $1,015 flat all year | $560 | 2 |
Buffalo Erie | $1,008 flat all year | $560 | 7 |
Kingston Ulster | $987 flat all year | $602 | 3 |
Syracuse / Oswego Onondaga / Oswego | $952 flat all year | $560 | 6 |
Rochester Monroe | $952 flat all year | $560 | 5 |
Nyack / Palisades Rockland | $938 flat all year | $560 | 3 |
Glens Falls Warren | $933 $847–$1,365 · peaks Jul, Aug | $602 | 1 |
Albany Albany | $931 flat all year | $602 | 3 |
West Point Orange | $903 flat all year | $560 | 5 |
Troy Rensselaer | $903 flat all year | $560 | 1 |
Binghamton Broome | $889 flat all year | $518 | 2 |
Poughkeepsie Dutchess | $868 flat all year | $560 | 3 |
Niagara Falls Niagara | $852 $791–$1,036 · peaks Jun, Jul, Aug | $560 | 2 |
Everywhere else Standard CONUS rate | $791 | $476 | 45 |
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New York nursing license
New York: not a compact state. No pending NLC legislation. A multistate license from another state doesn't cover New York; you need a New York license by endorsement before you start.
Typical endorsement steps
- Apply for licensure by endorsement on the New York board of nursing's site.
- Verify your current license through Nursys (or your original board if it doesn't use Nursys).
- Complete the criminal background check and fingerprints if the board requires them.
- Ask whether a temporary license is available while the full application processes, and how long processing takes now.
Requirements and timelines vary. New York board contact details (NCSBN) →
Where can your license take you?
Source: NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map, checked 2026-10-11. Covers RN/LPN compact licensure for the 50 states and DC. Confirm with the state board before you accept an assignment.
Charting systems in New York
Certified EHR reported to CMS by 141 of 160 hospitals (19 not reported, including VA hospitals). Know the system before day one.
- Epic76 · 54%
- Altera22 · 16%
- MEDITECH21 · 15%
- Oracle Health18 · 13%
- TruBridge2 · 1%
- MEDHOST1 · 1%
- athenaOne1 · 1%
Top travel-nurse markets in New York
- New York, NY
- Bellevue Hospital Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- Harlem Hospital Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- Lenox Hill Hospital · Altera Sunrise$2,038/wk
- Metropolitan Hospital Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel · Epic$2,038/wk
- Mount Sinai Hospital · Epic$2,038/wk
- Mount Sinai West · Epic$2,038/wk
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital · Epic$2,038/wk
- Nyu Langone Hospitals · Epic$2,038/wk
- Brooklyn, NY
- Brookdale Hospital Medical Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus · Altera Sunrise$2,038/wk
- Kings County Hospital Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc.$2,038/wk
- South Brooklyn Health · Epic$2,038/wk
- Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn · Altera Sunrise$2,038/wk
- Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center · Epic$2,038/wk
- Wyckoff Heights Medical Center · Altera Sunrise$2,038/wk
Questions
- What is the maximum tax-free housing stipend in New York?
- Under GSA FY2027 rates it ranges from $791/week (the standard rate for counties not listed) to $2,506/week in New York City at peak season. The meals and incidentals ceiling is $476/week or more depending on the area.
- Is New York a compact nursing license state?
- Not a compact state (No pending NLC legislation), per the NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map checked 2026-10-11.
- How many hospitals are in New York?
- CMS lists 160 acute care, critical access, children's and VA/DoD hospitals in New York. TravelNurseMap has living guides for 17 of them in the top travel-nurse markets.
- What EHR do hospitals in New York use?
- Of the 141 New York hospitals that reported a certified EHR to CMS for 2023–2024, 54% use Epic, 16% use Altera, 15% use MEDITECH. Each hospital guide shows its own system.