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Most locum tenens information online is produced by the agencies that profit from the gap between what hospitals pay and what physicians receive.
Locum Tenens Pay Guide was built to change that. Every guide on this site is produced without agency funding, without sponsored content, and without the conflicts of interest that compromise the information physicians rely on to negotiate their contracts.
The site covers pay rates by specialty and state, licensing logistics, contract red flags, tax and business structure for 1099 physicians, and independent reviews of the agencies that dominate the locum placement market — including the ownership relationships that most physicians don’t know exist.
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