The median advertised pay for a travel PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) contract in Illinois is $2,349 per week, with the middle half between $2,330 and $2,349. Measured across 3 active travel PICU contracts in Illinois at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 3 open contracts in Illinois, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 13 percent under the $2,696 national median for travel PICU contracts.
Illinois is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a Illinois license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. The compact state list explains which states issue one.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,300 to $2,350 | 3 |
| $2,350 to $2,400 | 0 |
| $2,400 to $2,450 | 0 |
| $2,450 to $2,500 | 0 |
| $2,500 to $2,550 | 0 |
| $2,550 to $2,600 | 0 |
All 3 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Illinois has the 19th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 0 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 6 percent under, while goods sit 4 percent over and services 0 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.
Browse the board for current PICU assignments in Illinois.
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