Cynet Health Ranked #17 Largest Travel Nurse Staffing Firm in the US by SIA

McLean, VA — August 21, 2026 — Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global research firm covering the staffing and workforce solutions industry, has named Cynet Health to its 2026 list of the Largest Healthcare Staffing Firms in the United States. Cynet Health ranked #17 among travel nurse staffing firms, up from #21 last year, and #34 in allied healthcare staffing, also improving on last year’s position.

SIA’s annual report identifies the firms at the top of the US healthcare staffing market, and its rankings are widely used by hospitals, health systems, and managed service providers when evaluating staffing partners.

We’ll be honest about how we read this one: a size ranking doesn’t tell you whether your recruiter answers at 6 a.m., or whether the pay package you were quoted is the pay package you get. Those are the things we actually measure ourselves on.

But two things about this year’s climb are worth saying out loud. It came in a year when the travel nurse staffing market contracted — across the industry, holding position was the story, and Cynet Health moved up four spots. And it was organic: no mergers, no acquisitions. Much of the movement on lists like this comes from companies buying one another; ours came from clinicians extending their contracts, coming back for the next assignment, and telling their friends. A ranking like this is a lagging indicator of trust.

That’s also why the recognition we’re proudest of this year remains a different one: earlier in 2026, travel nurses ranked Cynet Health the #3 Best Travel Nursing Company on BluePipes, a ranking built entirely on clinician reviews. One list reflects what clinicians say about working with us. The other reflects what happens as a result.

“This ranking belongs to the clinicians who trust us with their careers and to the team that earns that trust every day,” said Ron Bagga, Chief Growth Officer at Cynet Health. “Our job now is simple: keep the service that got us here exactly as personal as it was when we were smaller.”

Cynet Health is a Joint Commission-certified healthcare staffing agency supporting travel nurses and allied health professionals in assignments across the United States, with transparent pay packages, a searchable job board at jobs.cynethealth.com, and a travel healthcare pay calculator that shows clinicians the real math behind their offers.

To every clinician who chose us, stayed with us, or sent a colleague our way — thank you. This one is yours.

About Staffing Industry Analysts: Founded in 1989, SIA is the global research and advisory firm focused on staffing and workforce solutions, headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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