The median advertised pay for a travel PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) contract in District of Columbia is $2,662 per week, with the middle half between $2,662 and $2,662. Measured across 1 active travel PICU contracts in District of Columbia at 1 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 1 open contract in District of Columbia, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 2 percent under the $2,707 national median for travel PICU contracts.
District of Columbia is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a District of Columbia license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. 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 $2,650 | 0 |
| $2,650 to $2,700 | 1 |
| $2,700 to $2,750 | 0 |
| $2,750 to $2,800 | 0 |
| $2,800 to $2,850 | 0 |
| $2,850 to $2,900 | 0 |
All 1 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
District of Columbia has the 3th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 10 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 55 percent over, while goods sit 7 percent over 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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