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Crisis-rate contracts that paid $5,000 a week in 2022 are now closing at $2,400.
Crisis-rate travel nursing contracts that paid as much as $5,000 a week at the height of the COVID-19 surge are now closing at roughly $2,400 a week, according to data from three of the largest staffing agencies — a level last seen in early 2019.
The collapse, agency executives told Scrubswire, reflects both the end of federal emergency funding and a saturated labor market.
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