Stipends → Illinois

Illinois Travel Nurse Stipends

Max tax-free housing + meals per week in 322 Illinois cities with travel jobs (GSA FY2027).

City	Max stipend	Typical rent	Jobs
Chicago	$2,058/wk	$2,311/mo	164
Belleville	$1,694/wk	$1,120/mo	149
Cahokia	$1,694/wk	$1,333/mo	1
East Saint Louis	$1,694/wk	$1,333/mo	0
Fairview Heights	$1,694/wk	$1,287/mo	1
Freeburg	$1,694/wk	$1,333/mo	0
O Fallon	$1,694/wk	$1,631/mo	4
O'Fallon	$1,694/wk	$1,631/mo	1
Scott AFB	$1,694/wk	$1,333/mo	1
Shiloh	$1,694/wk	$1,293/mo	42
Swansea	$1,694/wk	$1,483/mo	3
Aurora	$1,421/wk	$2,294/mo	33
Bartlett	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	2
Bensenville	$1,421/wk	$1,871/mo	0
Burr Ridge	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	0
Carol Stream	$1,421/wk	$1,844/mo	0
Downers Grove	$1,421/wk	$2,248/mo	5
Elmhurst	$1,421/wk	$2,453/mo	0
Glen Ellyn	$1,421/wk	$2,195/mo	0
Glendale Heights	$1,421/wk	$1,920/mo	0
Hinsdale	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	3
Itasca	$1,421/wk	$2,166/mo	2
Lombard	$1,421/wk	$2,094/mo	9
Naperville	$1,421/wk	$2,236/mo	7
Oak Brook	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	2
Warrenville	$1,421/wk	$2,257/mo	6
West Chicago	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	4
Westmont	$1,421/wk	$1,871/mo	0
Winfield	$1,421/wk	$2,105/mo	17
Beecher	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	0
Bolingbrook	$1,351/wk	$2,742/mo	4
Elwood	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	1
Frankfort	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	1
Homer Glen	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	1
Joliet	$1,351/wk	$1,675/mo	20
Lockport	$1,351/wk	$2,213/mo	1
Manhattan	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	1
New Lenox	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	8
Peotone	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	0
Plainfield	$1,351/wk	$3,027/mo	3
Wilmington	$1,351/wk	$2,374/mo	2
Alden	$1,267/wk	$1,993/mo	1
Aledo	$1,267/wk	—	8
Algonquin	$1,267/wk	$2,378/mo	2
Alpha	$1,267/wk	—	0
Alton	$1,267/wk	$1,003/mo	61
Andalusia	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Andover	$1,267/wk	—	0
Anna	$1,267/wk	—	2
Arlington Heights	$1,267/wk	$1,999/mo	2
Ashkum	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Atkinson	$1,267/wk	—	0
Barrington	$1,267/wk	$2,255/mo	4
Barstow	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Bartonville	$1,267/wk	$1,201/mo	0
Batavia	$1,267/wk	$2,108/mo	2
Belvidere	$1,267/wk	—	4
Berwyn	$1,267/wk	$1,485/mo	1
Bloomington	$1,267/wk	$1,270/mo	6
Bonfield	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Bourbonnais	$1,267/wk	$1,381/mo	1
Breese	$1,267/wk	—	1
Buffalo Grove	$1,267/wk	$2,403/mo	1
Byron	$1,267/wk	—	4
CARLINVILLE	$1,267/wk	—	1
Calhoun	$1,267/wk	—	0
Calumet City	$1,267/wk	$1,536/mo	0
Cambridge	$1,267/wk	—	0
Camp Point	$1,267/wk	$1,059/mo	0
Canton	$1,267/wk	—	1
Capron	$1,267/wk	—	4
Carbon Cliff	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Carbondale	$1,267/wk	$673/mo	32
Carlinville	$1,267/wk	—	5
Carthage	$1,267/wk	—	0
Casey	$1,267/wk	—	0
Centralia	$1,267/wk	—	14
Champaign	$1,267/wk	$1,466/mo	2
Charleston	$1,267/wk	$762/mo	0
Chatham	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	2
Chebanse	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Chenoa	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	0
Cherry Valley	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
Chicago Heights	$1,267/wk	$1,463/mo	1
Chrisman	$1,267/wk	—	0
Cicero	$1,267/wk	$1,322/mo	2
Clinton	$1,267/wk	—	1
Coal City	$1,267/wk	$1,393/mo	1
Coal Valley	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Colfax	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Collinsville	$1,267/wk	$1,161/mo	3
Colona	$1,267/wk	—	0
Columbia	$1,267/wk	$1,095/mo	1
Cordova	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Cortland	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	4
Crescent City	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Creston	$1,267/wk	—	1
Creve Coeur	$1,267/wk	$986/mo	0
Crystal Lake	$1,267/wk	$1,969/mo	1
Danvers	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Danville	$1,267/wk	$883/mo	6
Davis Junction	$1,267/wk	—	4
DeKalb	$1,267/wk	$1,320/mo	0
Decatur	$1,267/wk	$1,057/mo	15
Deerfield	$1,267/wk	$2,789/mo	0
Dekalb	$1,267/wk	$1,320/mo	7
Depue	$1,267/wk	—	0
Des Plaines	$1,267/wk	$2,079/mo	5
Dixon	$1,267/wk	$1,113/mo	9
Donovan	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Du Quoin	$1,267/wk	—	0
Dundas	$1,267/wk	—	0
Durand	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
East Moline	$1,267/wk	$997/mo	1
East Peoria	$1,267/wk	$885/mo	0
Edwardsville	$1,267/wk	$1,588/mo	6
Effingham	$1,267/wk	—	4
El Paso	$1,267/wk	—	1
Elburn	$1,267/wk	$2,108/mo	2
Eldorado	$1,267/wk	—	0
Elgin	$1,267/wk	$1,923/mo	13
Elk Grove Village	$1,267/wk	$1,833/mo	3
Elmwood Park	$1,267/wk	$1,811/mo	0
Essex	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Evanston	$1,267/wk	$2,438/mo	5
Fairfield	$1,267/wk	—	0
Fox Lake	$1,267/wk	$1,575/mo	1
Freeport	$1,267/wk	$926/mo	42
Fulton	$1,267/wk	$769/mo	0
Galesburg	$1,267/wk	—	12
Galva	$1,267/wk	—	0
Geneseo	$1,267/wk	—	0
Geneva	$1,267/wk	$2,002/mo	13
Genoa	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	6
Gibson City	$1,267/wk	—	1
Gilman	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Glen Carbon	$1,267/wk	$1,425/mo	7
Glenview	$1,267/wk	$2,601/mo	4
Godfrey	$1,267/wk	$1,196/mo	1
Granite City	$1,267/wk	$1,046/mo	2
Grant Park	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Grayslake	$1,267/wk	$2,317/mo	3
Great Lakes	$1,267/wk	$2,255/mo	0
Greenville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Gurnee	$1,267/wk	$1,944/mo	1
Hampshire	$1,267/wk	$2,395/mo	2
Hampton	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Hanna City	$1,267/wk	$1,201/mo	0
Harrisburg	$1,267/wk	—	3
Harvard	$1,267/wk	$1,993/mo	4
Harvey	$1,267/wk	$1,696/mo	29
Hazel Crest	$1,267/wk	$2,725/mo	11
Herrin	$1,267/wk	$988/mo	14
Herscher	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Heyworth	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Highland	$1,267/wk	$1,196/mo	3
Highland Park	$1,267/wk	$3,147/mo	3
Hillsboro	$1,267/wk	—	1
Hillsdale	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Hinckley	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	2
Hines	$1,267/wk	$2,228/mo	1
Hoffman Estates	$1,267/wk	$2,039/mo	5
Homewood	$1,267/wk	$1,969/mo	1
Huntley	$1,267/wk	$1,993/mo	1
Hutsonville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Jacksonville	$1,267/wk	—	5
Jerseyville	$1,267/wk	—	3
Kankakee	$1,267/wk	$1,204/mo	4
Kewanee	$1,267/wk	—	0
Kingston	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	4
Kirkland	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	5
Knoxville	$1,267/wk	—	0
La Grange	$1,267/wk	$2,438/mo	2
La Salle	$1,267/wk	$1,169/mo	0
Lake Bluff	$1,267/wk	$2,058/mo	0
Lake Forest	$1,267/wk	$3,952/mo	12
Lake Zurich	$1,267/wk	$2,255/mo	0
Lawndale	$1,267/wk	—	1
Lawrenceville	$1,267/wk	—	2
Le Roy	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Lexington	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Liberty	$1,267/wk	$1,059/mo	0
Libertyville	$1,267/wk	$2,206/mo	34
Lincoln	$1,267/wk	—	7
Lincolnshire	$1,267/wk	$2,255/mo	0
Lindenhurst	$1,267/wk	$2,255/mo	1
Litchfield	$1,267/wk	—	4
Livingston	$1,267/wk	$1,196/mo	0
Loves Park	$1,267/wk	$1,569/mo	4
Lynn Center	$1,267/wk	—	0
Machesney Park	$1,267/wk	$1,610/mo	4
Macomb	$1,267/wk	—	8
Malta	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	4
Manteno	$1,267/wk	$1,380/mo	0
Maple Park	$1,267/wk	$2,108/mo	6
Marengo	$1,267/wk	$1,993/mo	5
Marion	$1,267/wk	$1,113/mo	16
Marseilles	$1,267/wk	$1,169/mo	0
Marshall	$1,267/wk	—	0
Martinton	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Maryville	$1,267/wk	$1,196/mo	2
Matherville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Mattoon	$1,267/wk	$771/mo	20
Maywood	$1,267/wk	$1,419/mo	20
McHenry	$1,267/wk	$1,901/mo	1
McLean	$1,267/wk	$1,292/mo	1
Mchenry	$1,267/wk	$1,901/mo	0
Mcleansboro	$1,267/wk	—	1
Melrose Park	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	3
Mendon	$1,267/wk	$1,059/mo	0
Milan	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	1
Minier	$1,267/wk	$986/mo	1
Minooka	$1,267/wk	$1,393/mo	2
Moline	$1,267/wk	$1,090/mo	21
Momence	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Monmouth	$1,267/wk	—	1
Morris	$1,267/wk	$1,574/mo	1
Morton	$1,267/wk	$986/mo	0
Morton Grove	$1,267/wk	$2,532/mo	2
Mount Morris	$1,267/wk	—	4
Mount Sterling	$1,267/wk	—	2
Mount Vernon	$1,267/wk	$992/mo	47
Mulberry Grove	$1,267/wk	—	0
Mundelein	$1,267/wk	$2,327/mo	0
Murphysboro	$1,267/wk	$692/mo	4
New Boston	$1,267/wk	—	0
Newark	$1,267/wk	$2,374/mo	1
Niles	$1,267/wk	$2,383/mo	1
Noble	$1,267/wk	—	0
Normal	$1,267/wk	$1,390/mo	13
North Chicago	$1,267/wk	$1,823/mo	0
Northbrook	$1,267/wk	$3,014/mo	0
Oak Lawn	$1,267/wk	$1,717/mo	22
Oak Park	$1,267/wk	$2,044/mo	20
Oglesby	$1,267/wk	$1,169/mo	0
Ohio	$1,267/wk	—	1
Olney	$1,267/wk	—	10
Olympia Fields	$1,267/wk	$2,228/mo	17
Oquawka	$1,267/wk	—	0
Oregon	$1,267/wk	—	4
Orion	$1,267/wk	—	0
Orland Park	$1,267/wk	$2,713/mo	3
Osco	$1,267/wk	—	0
Ottawa	$1,267/wk	$1,238/mo	0
Palos Heights	$1,267/wk	$2,228/mo	2
Paris	$1,267/wk	—	0
Park Forest	$1,267/wk	$1,857/mo	1
Park Ridge	$1,267/wk	$2,433/mo	8
Parkersburg	$1,267/wk	—	0
Pawnee	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	0
Payson	$1,267/wk	$1,059/mo	0
Pecatonica	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
Pekin	$1,267/wk	$901/mo	0
Peoria	$1,267/wk	$1,240/mo	169
Peoria Heights	$1,267/wk	$1,150/mo	0
Peru	$1,267/wk	$1,169/mo	2
Petersburg	$1,267/wk	—	1
Pinckneyville	$1,267/wk	—	2
Pleasant Plains	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	0
Pontiac	$1,267/wk	—	0
Poplar Grove	$1,267/wk	—	4
Port Byron	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Preemption	$1,267/wk	—	0
Princeton	$1,267/wk	—	1
Prophetstown	$1,267/wk	$769/mo	0
Quincy	$1,267/wk	$1,059/mo	31
Ramsey	$1,267/wk	—	0
Rapids City	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Red Bud	$1,267/wk	—	5
Reddick	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Reynolds	$1,267/wk	—	0
Riverton	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	0
Robinson	$1,267/wk	—	2
Rochelle	$1,267/wk	—	4
Rochester	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	2
Rock Island	$1,267/wk	$932/mo	33
Rockford	$1,267/wk	$1,227/mo	107
Rockton	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
Roscoe	$1,267/wk	$1,646/mo	4
Rosemont	$1,267/wk	$2,228/mo	0
Round Lake	$1,267/wk	$2,533/mo	0
Saint Anne	$1,267/wk	$1,327/mo	0
Saint Charles	$1,267/wk	$1,956/mo	2
Saint Peter	$1,267/wk	—	1
Sandwich	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	1
Schaumburg	$1,267/wk	$2,125/mo	4
Shabbona	$1,267/wk	$1,400/mo	1
Shelbyville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Sherman	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	4
Sherrard	$1,267/wk	—	0
Silvis	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	24
South Beloit	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
Springfield	$1,267/wk	$1,178/mo	165
Sterling	$1,267/wk	$769/mo	10
Stillman Valley	$1,267/wk	—	4
Streamwood	$1,267/wk	$2,490/mo	0
Streator	$1,267/wk	$1,169/mo	0
Sugar Grove	$1,267/wk	$2,108/mo	2
Sumner	$1,267/wk	—	2
Sycamore	$1,267/wk	$1,811/mo	4
Taylor Ridge	$1,267/wk	$950/mo	0
Taylorville	$1,267/wk	—	2
Tilton	$1,267/wk	$886/mo	0
Tinley Park	$1,267/wk	$2,181/mo	0
Toulon	$1,267/wk	—	0
Tremont	$1,267/wk	$986/mo	0
Troy	$1,267/wk	$1,196/mo	1
Urbana	$1,267/wk	$1,348/mo	121
Vienna	$1,267/wk	—	1
Viola	$1,267/wk	—	0
Watseka	$1,267/wk	$1,100/mo	0
Waukegan	$1,267/wk	$1,660/mo	2
West Frankfort	$1,267/wk	—	0
West Salem	$1,267/wk	—	0
Wheeling	$1,267/wk	$2,009/mo	0
Williamsville	$1,267/wk	$1,220/mo	0
Winnebago	$1,267/wk	$1,293/mo	4
Wood River	$1,267/wk	$1,156/mo	1
Woodstock	$1,267/wk	$1,474/mo	1
Wyoming	$1,267/wk	—	0
Yorkville	$1,267/wk	$2,058/mo	3
Zion	$1,267/wk	$1,396/mo	0

Stipend: GSA per diem FY2027 (lodging averaged across the year + meals) × 7. Rent: Zillow Observed Rent Index. Not tax advice.