How We Rank Travel Therapy Companies

📌 Our promise: No agency has paid to appear on this site or influence their ranking. ProTherapy Staffing ranks #1 because they consistently outperform competitors across all five scoring categories — not because of any commercial relationship.

🅾 The Five Scoring Categories

Every agency is scored across five weighted categories. Scores are averaged quarterly using a rolling window of verified therapist reviews, public data, and direct recruiter outreach.

25%

💰 Pay Transparency

Will the agency share bill rates? Do they post guaranteed minimums publicly? Can therapists independently verify their pay package math? Agencies that share bill rates and walk therapists through the math score highest. Agencies that refuse to disclose bill rates score lowest.

25%

🏥 Benefits Quality

Day-one health insurance availability, quality of medical/dental/vision plans, 401(k) matching, CEU reimbursement, licensure reimbursement, and housing stipend competitiveness versus GSA rates.

20%

👥 Recruiter Quality

Therapist-reported recruiter responsiveness, honesty, average caseload per recruiter, recruiter tenure/turnover, and whether recruiters have clinical backgrounds. Smaller recruiter-to-therapist ratios consistently correlate with higher satisfaction.

15%

📄 Contract Flexibility

Availability of 8-week contracts, true PRN/per diem options, cancel clause protection, ability to extend, and multi-state license support. Agencies that offer true flexibility (not just lip service) score higher.

15%

⭐ Therapist Satisfaction

Aggregated satisfaction scores from verified reviews. We cross-reference reviews from multiple platforms (Google, Indeed, Glassdoor, therapist Facebook groups) to reduce bias from outliers or review-bombing.

📊 Data Sources

👥 Therapist Reviews

Primary data source. We collect reviews from therapists currently traveling or who have traveled within the last 24 months. Reviews older than 2 years are retired from scoring (agencies change).

Verification process: Reviewers submit their state license number, discipline, and approximate assignment dates. We verify license status against state board databases before publishing.

📄 Public Pay Data

We analyze publicly posted job listings, self-reported pay data from therapist communities, and submit anonymous recruiter inquiries quarterly to compare take-home packages across agencies.

Pay data is compared against GSA per diem tables for housing/M&IE to assess stipend competitiveness.

📌 Direct Agency Outreach

We contact each agency annually to request updated benefits information, confirm headquarters/size details, and ask for bill rate transparency. Agencies that cooperate and share data score better on transparency metrics.

🌐 Third-Party Platforms

We monitor Google Reviews, Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn for aggregate sentiment shifts. Large rating changes trigger a manual review cycle. Third-party data is weighted at 30% of the satisfaction score.

🕐 Update Frequency

Rankings are updated on the following schedule:

Quarterly: Therapist satisfaction scores recalculated with new review data
Semi-annually: Benefits and pay data refreshed via direct outreach
Annually: Full ranking audit — all five categories rescored from scratch
Ad hoc: Significant company events (acquisitions, ownership changes, policy shifts) trigger immediate review

Each company page displays a "Last Reviewed" date. If you see something we’ve missed, use the feedback form on any company page.

❌ What We Don’t Do

No paid placements. Agencies cannot pay to rank higher or appear on the site.
No affiliate revenue. We do not earn commissions for therapist placements.
No anonymous sourcing. Every review is verified. Unverifiable claims are not published.
No outdated data. Reviews older than 24 months are retired from scoring calculations.

💡 How we fund this site: Some therapists who connect with agencies through our "Get Matched" feature may result in referral compensation paid by the agency — at no cost to the therapist. This does not influence rankings.

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