Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Albuquerque, NM
Taxable wages plus non-taxable stipends:
- Specialty: COTA / Allied
- Location: Albuquerque, NM
- Contract length: 14 weeks
- Shift: Day
- Hours: 35 hrs/week
- Estimated gross pay: $1,640/week (taxable wages plus non-taxable stipends)
- Open positions: 1
This travel contract is placed by Care Connect Staffing, a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency. Benefits include day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage, transparent pay packages, a $500 referral bonus, and a dedicated recruiter and compliance team supporting you from submission through your start date.
Career growth on COTA travel assignments in Albuquerque, NM
Travel work compounds. Every COTA contract puts you in front of a new patient population, a new charting system and new unit protocols, and that range is what a hiring manager reads off your file later. Albuquerque, NM adds another market to that record.
This assignment spans 14 weeks, books about 35 hours a week and runs on the Day shift, roughly 490 hours of bedside time. It pays $1,640 gross a week, split $525 in taxable wages and $1,115 in stipends toward housing and meals, near $22,960 for the 14 weeks. Tell your recruiter what you want next — a specialty, a state, a schedule — and the search for the contract after this one starts from there.
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Pay figures are estimates based on current package details and may vary by location, experience, and IRS stipend eligibility. Care Connect Staffing is the hiring agency for this contract.

