Hello everyone. I am a British RN (BSN, CNOR) who is in the process of trying my hardest to find a hospital in Texas willing to sponsor me for a H1b visa. I have one 'maybe' which is giving me some hope. However it is frustrating how difficult it is to ascertain how much I would potentially be earning, after tax, per month. Here in the UK where most of us work for the NHS, salaries are standardised across the UK using a banding system (band 5 lowest, band 9 highest for the top-dog exec positions.) so we know what wages to expect as we are all earning more or less the same, depending on our experience. (E.g all junior band 5 nurses start out at about £21,000 per year and cannot earn more than a maximum of about £27,000 unless she/he gets promoted to a band 6).Obviously it is hugely different in the States - I am well aware of that can I just say, before anyone decides a sarcastic reply is required here - however I would be grateful if someone could please tell me as specifically as possible, how much an average nurse who earns, say $60,000 per year will take home AFTER TAX. I have seen other people on this forum attempting to ask this question and the replies are mostly evasive and vague with lots of 'you shouldn't be going into nursing if all you care about is money...' and 'that is too personal a question...' nonsense replies, and lots of people quoting hourly rates. I do not want to know how much money you have in your bank account, I am just trying to do some budgeting research, but it is remarkably difficult to calculate how much money I would be coming out with each month, roughly, as everyone is so secretive about it! Even the nurse recruiters I have spoken to are cagey about it despite my assurances that I am NOT relocating to Texas for big bucks and I am NOT holding out for the most competative salary offer I just want to know what I'll be earning. It is a perfectly reasonable question with baffling responses. And the so-called salary calculation websites don't seem to be much help either. Thanks in advance! x