Which agency pays most for Medical / Surgical in Chicago, IL?
6 agencies ranked by typical weekly pay across 99 live Medical / Surgical assignments in Chicago. The top agency pays $583 a week more than the lowest.
$2,351/wk
Top: Aya Healthcare
$1,994/wk
Chicago median
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Agencies ranked
The short answer
- Aya Healthcare posts the highest typical pay for Medical / Surgical in Chicago: $2,351 a week, $357 above the Chicago median.
- Next: Stone Harbor Staffing at $2,250 and TRS Healthcare at $1,988.
- Night shifts here pay a typical $301 a week less than day shifts.
- Ask agencies to match: quoting a higher offer for the same specialty and city is often the fastest raise.
Agencies ranked by typical weekly pay
Agencies with at least 2 Medical / Surgical assignments listing pay in Chicago. Median is the typical offer; the bar shows the middle half of that agency's offers.
Weekly pay is the total weekly package an agency posts (taxable wage plus any tax-free housing and meal stipends), before taxes. When an agency lists the same job more than once, its pay counts once in the median and range; the Jobs column counts every listing.
Also hiring Medical / Surgical nurses in Chicago (too few posted pay figures to rank): Ventura MedStaff (1), Nomad Health (2), Coast Medical Service (1), TotalMed (4), Medical Solutions (12), Trustaff (6), Soliant Health (3), Prolink (3), Sunbelt Staffing (2), Atlas MedStaff (1), Triage Staffing (1), Med-Call Staffing (1), Northwestern Medicine (1).
Rankings use the gross weekly pay each agency posts on its live Medical / Surgical assignments in Chicago(before taxes), updated daily. Job boards that repost other agencies' jobs aren't ranked. Pay for a specific contract depends on the hospital, shift and dates; confirm with the agency before you accept.