The median advertised pay for a travel PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) contract in Washington is $2,543 per week, with the middle half between $2,382 and $2,543. Measured across 5 active travel PICU contracts in Washington at 2 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 5 open contracts in Washington, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 6 percent under the $2,706 national median for travel PICU contracts.
Washington 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.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,300 to $2,350 | 0 |
| $2,350 to $2,400 | 2 |
| $2,400 to $2,450 | 0 |
| $2,450 to $2,500 | 0 |
| $2,500 to $2,550 | 3 |
| $2,550 to $2,600 | 0 |
All 5 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Washington has the 6th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 7 percent over the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 26 percent over, while goods sit 4 percent over and services 4 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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