Back Traveling
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:00 pm
First off... I'm glad I have found this website. This will be very helpful since I just got back to being a traveling PT.
Ok. So, I was a traveler from 2007 to 2012. I settled in Texas, did home health for a little over a year and out-patient for a year. Just past 6 months ago, I decided to go back to traveling again... I missed the thrill of going to a place where it's totally new to me.
What puzzles me is this... at my last assignment in 2012, I was getting $1900/week (after tax). So, when I started to scout for travel companies, the first recruiter offered me $1400/week. I asked why, since I have more than 10 years of experience and 5 years of that is traveling experience. She told me that I have not been working in a SNF for 2 years (since this assignment is a SNF). So I politely said no and that I am still looking around. Several companies after, their offer are pretty much the same. My old company offered me $1600+/week but no 401K counterpart. My present assignment is just a little more than what most offered but not the same as how much I was getting in 2012.
So my question is... Did the market and salary changed for traveling PTs? Because when I did home health about 2 years ago, a friend of mine told me that per visit rate now for contract (evaluating) PT has changed compared to 5 years ago. I am wondering if the story is the same for PT traveler or maybe I just need to work on my bargaining skill.
Nevertheless, I am excited that I'm traveling again.
Ok. So, I was a traveler from 2007 to 2012. I settled in Texas, did home health for a little over a year and out-patient for a year. Just past 6 months ago, I decided to go back to traveling again... I missed the thrill of going to a place where it's totally new to me.
What puzzles me is this... at my last assignment in 2012, I was getting $1900/week (after tax). So, when I started to scout for travel companies, the first recruiter offered me $1400/week. I asked why, since I have more than 10 years of experience and 5 years of that is traveling experience. She told me that I have not been working in a SNF for 2 years (since this assignment is a SNF). So I politely said no and that I am still looking around. Several companies after, their offer are pretty much the same. My old company offered me $1600+/week but no 401K counterpart. My present assignment is just a little more than what most offered but not the same as how much I was getting in 2012.
So my question is... Did the market and salary changed for traveling PTs? Because when I did home health about 2 years ago, a friend of mine told me that per visit rate now for contract (evaluating) PT has changed compared to 5 years ago. I am wondering if the story is the same for PT traveler or maybe I just need to work on my bargaining skill.
Nevertheless, I am excited that I'm traveling again.