The median advertised pay for a travel PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) contract in New Mexico is $2,506 per week, with the middle half between $2,506 and $2,506. Measured across 2 active travel PICU contracts in New Mexico 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 2 open contracts in New Mexico, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 7 percent under the $2,707 national median for travel PICU contracts.
New Mexico 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 |
|---|---|
| $2,500 to $2,550 | 2 |
| $2,550 to $2,600 | 0 |
| $2,600 to $2,650 | 0 |
| $2,650 to $2,700 | 0 |
| $2,700 to $2,750 | 0 |
| $2,750 to $2,800 | 0 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
New Mexico has the 37th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 8 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 26 percent under, while goods sit 4 percent under and services 1 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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