The median advertised pay for a travel CVICU (cardiovascular intensive care unit) contract in Rhode Island is $3,238 per week, with the middle half between $3,014 and $3,463. Measured across 2 active travel CVICU contracts in Rhode Island at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 2 open contracts in Rhode Island, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 31 percent over the $2,464 national median for travel CVICU contracts.
Rhode Island is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so an active multistate license covers you here. A single-state license from elsewhere does not. The compact state list explains which states issue one.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,800 | 1 |
| $2,800 to $2,950 | 0 |
| $2,950 to $3,100 | 0 |
| $3,100 to $3,250 | 0 |
| $3,250 to $3,400 | 0 |
| $3,400 to $3,550 | 0 |
| $3,550 to $3,700 | 1 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Rhode Island has the 15th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 2 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 6 percent over, while goods sit 3 percent under and services 3 percent over. That matters more than the headline number, because housing is the part a tax-free stipend is meant to cover and the rest comes out of taxed wages.
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