Travel PICU Nurse Pay in Alaska

The median advertised pay for a travel PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) contract in Alaska is $2,858 per week, with the middle half between $2,858 and $2,858. Measured across 1 active travel PICU contracts in Alaska at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.

Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 1 open contract in Alaska, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.

That is 6 percent over the $2,696 national median for travel PICU contracts.

Alaska is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a Alaska license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. The compact state list explains which states issue one.

Where every open PICU contract falls

Weekly rateOpen contracts
$2,800 to $2,8500
$2,850 to $2,9001
$2,900 to $2,9500
$2,950 to $3,0000
$3,000 to $3,0500
$3,050 to $3,1000

All 1 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.

Alaska has the 14th 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 under, while goods sit 6 percent over and services 2 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.

Open PICU contracts in Alaska

Browse the board for current PICU assignments in Alaska.

PICU pay in other states

All 22 states with PICU openings

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Common questions

How much does a travel PICU nurse make in Alaska?
The median advertised pay for a travel PICU contract in Alaska is $2,858 a week, with the middle half of contracts between $2,858 and $2,858. Measured across 1 active travel PICU contracts in Alaska at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15. These are advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends, not take-home.
Where does this PICU pay figure come from?
From the travel contracts currently posted on CircleRN, not from an industry survey or an estimate. No federal source publishes pay by nursing specialty: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports registered nurses as a single occupation, so there is no official median for an ICU or a labor and delivery nurse. We publish the median rather than the average because one crisis-rate assignment moves an average enough to misrepresent the market.