The median advertised pay for a travel NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) contract in North Dakota is $2,885 per week, with the middle half between $2,751 and $3,018. Measured across 2 active travel NICU contracts in North Dakota at 2 facilities, as of 2026-10-31.
Advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the top of an advertised range. Not take-home. With only 2 open contracts in North Dakota, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 12 percent over the $2,570 national median for travel NICU contracts.
North Dakota 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, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,600 to $2,700 | 1 |
| $2,700 to $2,800 | 0 |
| $2,800 to $2,900 | 0 |
| $2,900 to $3,000 | 0 |
| $3,000 to $3,100 | 0 |
| $3,100 to $3,200 | 1 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
North Dakota has the 44th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 11 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 29 percent under, while goods sit 4 percent under and services 9 percent under. 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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