Iowa Travel Nurse Stipends

Max tax-free housing + meals per week in 203 Iowa cities with travel jobs (GSA FY2027).

City	Max stipend	Typical rent	Jobs
Altoona	$1,414/wk	$1,583/mo	0
Ankeny	$1,414/wk	$1,464/mo	3
Clive	$1,414/wk	$1,694/mo	49
Des Moines	$1,414/wk	$1,129/mo	351
Johnston	$1,414/wk	$1,356/mo	1
Polk City	$1,414/wk	$1,220/mo	1
Urbandale	$1,414/wk	$1,038/mo	3
West Des Moines	$1,414/wk	$1,353/mo	33
Adel	$1,379/wk	$1,563/mo	0
Perry	$1,379/wk	$1,563/mo	0
Waukee	$1,379/wk	$1,640/mo	0
Ainsworth	$1,267/wk	—	0
Albion	$1,267/wk	$1,124/mo	0
Algona	$1,267/wk	—	1
Alvord	$1,267/wk	—	1
Amana	$1,267/wk	—	0
Ames	$1,267/wk	$1,240/mo	1
Anamosa	$1,267/wk	—	0
Arnolds Park	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Ashton	$1,267/wk	—	0
Atalissa	$1,267/wk	—	0
Atkins	$1,267/wk	$763/mo	0
Atlantic	$1,267/wk	—	8
Baxter	$1,267/wk	$940/mo	0
Bettendorf	$1,267/wk	$1,466/mo	10
Blue Grass	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Boone	$1,267/wk	$814/mo	1
Buffalo	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Burlington	$1,267/wk	$983/mo	1
Camanche	$1,267/wk	$833/mo	0
Carroll	$1,267/wk	—	6
Cedar Rapids	$1,267/wk	$1,274/mo	176
Center Point	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Centerville	$1,267/wk	—	3
Central City	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Cherokee	$1,267/wk	—	0
Clarinda	$1,267/wk	—	0
Clarion	$1,267/wk	—	3
Clinton	$1,267/wk	$833/mo	8
Colfax	$1,267/wk	$940/mo	0
Colo	$1,267/wk	$1,245/mo	0
Columbus Junction	$1,267/wk	—	0
Conesville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Conrad	$1,267/wk	—	0
Coralville	$1,267/wk	$1,282/mo	14
Corning	$1,267/wk	—	1
Council Bluffs	$1,267/wk	$1,335/mo	29
Cresco	$1,267/wk	—	1
Creston	$1,267/wk	—	1
Davenport	$1,267/wk	$965/mo	24
De Witt	$1,267/wk	$833/mo	9
DeWitt	$1,267/wk	$833/mo	2
Decorah	$1,267/wk	—	2
Denison	$1,267/wk	—	2
Dewitt	$1,267/wk	$833/mo	0
Dickens	$1,267/wk	—	0
Dolliver	$1,267/wk	—	0
Donahue	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Doon	$1,267/wk	—	1
Dows	$1,267/wk	—	0
Dubuque	$1,267/wk	$1,073/mo	31
Duncombe	$1,267/wk	$782/mo	0
Durant	$1,267/wk	—	0
Dyersville	$1,267/wk	$1,063/mo	12
Edgewood	$1,267/wk	—	1
Eldora	$1,267/wk	—	0
Eldridge	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Elk Horn	$1,267/wk	—	4
Elkader	$1,267/wk	—	7
Ellsworth	$1,267/wk	—	0
Ely	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Emmetsburg	$1,267/wk	—	0
Estherville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Evansdale	$1,267/wk	$1,019/mo	0
Fairfax	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Fairfield	$1,267/wk	—	11
Fort Dodge	$1,267/wk	$804/mo	5
Fort Madison	$1,267/wk	—	8
Fostoria	$1,267/wk	—	0
George	$1,267/wk	—	5
Gladbrook	$1,267/wk	—	0
Graettinger	$1,267/wk	—	0
Grinnell	$1,267/wk	—	6
Guthrie Center	$1,267/wk	—	1
Hamburg	$1,267/wk	—	0
Hampton	$1,267/wk	—	1
Harris	$1,267/wk	—	0
Hartford	$1,267/wk	$1,096/mo	0
Hartley	$1,267/wk	—	1
Hiawatha	$1,267/wk	$860/mo	6
Hills	$1,267/wk	$1,760/mo	0
Hinton	$1,267/wk	—	1
Holstein	$1,267/wk	—	1
Homestead	$1,267/wk	—	0
Hubbard	$1,267/wk	—	0
Huxley	$1,267/wk	$1,150/mo	0
Ida Grove	$1,267/wk	—	1
Independence	$1,267/wk	—	0
Indianola	$1,267/wk	$1,034/mo	5
Inwood	$1,267/wk	—	2
Iowa City	$1,267/wk	$1,713/mo	82
Iowa Falls	$1,267/wk	—	0
Jefferson	$1,267/wk	—	0
Kalona	$1,267/wk	—	0
Lake Park	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Larchwood	$1,267/wk	—	2
Latimer	$1,267/wk	—	0
Laurel	$1,267/wk	$1,124/mo	0
Laurens	$1,267/wk	—	1
Lawton	$1,267/wk	$1,252/mo	1
Le Claire	$1,267/wk	$2,967/mo	0
Le Grand	$1,267/wk	$1,124/mo	0
Le Mars	$1,267/wk	—	5
Leon	$1,267/wk	—	1
Lester	$1,267/wk	—	1
Lisbon	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Lone Tree	$1,267/wk	$1,760/mo	0
Long Grove	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Madrid	$1,267/wk	$907/mo	0
Manchester	$1,267/wk	—	1
Maquoketa	$1,267/wk	—	0
Marengo	$1,267/wk	—	1
Marion	$1,267/wk	$1,287/mo	0
Marshalltown	$1,267/wk	$1,124/mo	2
Mason City	$1,267/wk	$975/mo	93
Maxwell	$1,267/wk	$1,245/mo	0
McCausland	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Mechanicsville	$1,267/wk	—	0
Middle Amana	$1,267/wk	—	0
Milford	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Monroe	$1,267/wk	$940/mo	0
Monticello	$1,267/wk	—	1
Montpelier	$1,267/wk	—	0
Moscow	$1,267/wk	—	0
Mount Ayr	$1,267/wk	—	0
Mount Pleasant	$1,267/wk	—	1
Mount Vernon	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Moville	$1,267/wk	$1,252/mo	1
Muscatine	$1,267/wk	—	9
New Hampton	$1,267/wk	—	4
Newton	$1,267/wk	$947/mo	21
Nichols	$1,267/wk	—	0
North English	$1,267/wk	—	0
North Liberty	$1,267/wk	$1,808/mo	0
Norwalk	$1,267/wk	$1,208/mo	0
Ocheyedan	$1,267/wk	—	0
Oelwein	$1,267/wk	—	1
Ogden	$1,267/wk	$907/mo	0
Okoboji	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Ottumwa	$1,267/wk	—	62
Oxford	$1,267/wk	$1,760/mo	0
Palo	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Park View	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Paton	$1,267/wk	—	0
Pella	$1,267/wk	$1,052/mo	2
Pleasant Valley	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Princeton	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Riverside	$1,267/wk	—	0
Robins	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Rock Rapids	$1,267/wk	—	2
Rock Valley	$1,267/wk	—	1
Saint Ansgar	$1,267/wk	—	0
Sergeant Bluff	$1,267/wk	$1,252/mo	1
Sheldon	$1,267/wk	—	2
Shenandoah	$1,267/wk	—	2
Sibley	$1,267/wk	—	2
Sigourney	$1,267/wk	—	0
Sioux City	$1,267/wk	$1,267/mo	89
Solon	$1,267/wk	$1,760/mo	0
South Amana	$1,267/wk	—	0
Spencer	$1,267/wk	—	1
Spirit Lake	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	1
Springville	$1,267/wk	$1,262/mo	0
Storm Lake	$1,267/wk	—	0
Story City	$1,267/wk	$1,245/mo	0
Stratford	$1,267/wk	—	0
Superior	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Swea City	$1,267/wk	—	0
Swisher	$1,267/wk	$1,760/mo	0
Tama	$1,267/wk	—	0
Terril	$1,267/wk	$1,475/mo	0
Tiffin	$1,267/wk	$1,771/mo	0
Tipton	$1,267/wk	—	0
Toledo	$1,267/wk	—	2
Vining	$1,267/wk	—	0
Vinton	$1,267/wk	$763/mo	0
Walcott	$1,267/wk	$1,041/mo	0
Walford	$1,267/wk	$763/mo	0
Wallingford	$1,267/wk	—	0
Washington	$1,267/wk	—	9
Waterloo	$1,267/wk	$909/mo	35
Waukon	$1,267/wk	—	6
Waverly	$1,267/wk	—	1
Webster City	$1,267/wk	—	0
Wellman	$1,267/wk	—	0
West Branch	$1,267/wk	—	0
West Burlington	$1,267/wk	$961/mo	43
West Liberty	$1,267/wk	—	0
West Union	$1,267/wk	—	10
Williams	$1,267/wk	—	0
Williamsburg	$1,267/wk	—	0
Wilton	$1,267/wk	—	0
Zearing	$1,267/wk	$1,245/mo	0

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