True story. A nurse here in NJ travelled all the way to Texas for one of those contracts. She made about $8,000. Most of it went to the rent on her apartment in NJ AND the apartment she rented in Texas. Came to about $3,000. Add car insurance, gas, food, and other expenses and she made a grand total of $1500..... a sum she could have made doing a few hours of overtime.
That's just so ridiculous. Sounds like terrible money management or she took a low contract. And she was in jersey?! New York contracts are easily 5k and she could have commuted. Plenty of opportunities on the east coast. I guess though...