Travel Nurse Stipend in Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge County) has a GSA lodging rate of $113 a night and a meals rate of $68 a day. Agencies generally can't pay more than $1,267 a week in tax-free stipends here; anything above that is taxed.

Typical rent in Baton Rouge is about $1,301 a month, so the housing part of the stipend ($3,390/mo at the max) covers typical rent with room to spare.