Nurse Salary in Texas

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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

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

HR may be able to give you some guidance as my belief if for H1b the pay has to be comparable to what a RN in general would be getting paid. Also check to see if the hospital is affected by the cap because if so then the hospital can not apply until April next year for Oct start as all H1b visas have gone for this year unless hospital is affiliated with a university or not affected by the yearly cap

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

This may also give you an idea

https://allnurses.com/texas-nursing/info-please-starting-844057.html

http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Nurse-RN-l-Texas.html

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

It depends. The more you make the more US government takes.

Here are some calculators once you find out base pay:

http://www.paycheckcity.com/pages/calculators/standard.php

http://www.adp.com/tools-and-resources/calculators-and-tools/payroll-calculators.aspx

Withholding depends. I think both sites offer a W-4 calculator to determine your status.

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I worked in south texas as a new grade. I can't find my end of year tax form, but I got his information from My Dec 24th pay stub. It includes everything up until the 18th of December, so it's for the year minus a few days.

My gross pay was $45,782.84

My total taxes were $9490.94

I filed as single and claimed "1", myself

My average take home pay was between $1250 and $1450 every two weeks (after a deduction of $39.96 from each check for health insurance).

I believe I got back about $800 of the taxes I paid at the end of the year, but I'm going by memory for that number.

Hope that helps :)

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Thank you all for your replies they have been very helpful. Silverdragon you are always so prompt with your replies you must 'live' online! The hospital that has given me a 'maybe' (and it really is just a maybe) is indeed affiliated with a university so I surmise that they are exempt from the cap, thank goodness. Just beachy nurse, those links are great, thank you, although I do not understand all of the terminology. Withholding? No idea what that is. Withholding what? I'm sure it's as clear as muck to you but it is like learning a new language, haha. Anyway I left that bit blank and it informs me that I will earn $5,000 per month and take home around $4,000 after taxes but I will take that with a pinch of salt. Pagea reunited that is very kind of you to share the details of your payslip with me I appreciate it and it really helps. Thank you all. I am trying to budget for the eventuality whereby I am the only earner in the household and trying to figure out if that will work. My husband is also an RN here in the UK but has failed his NCLEX-RN. So if I get a job offer some time soon we may have to go out there with only me working until he passes and gets a visa and a job of his own. If I am earning $4,000 - even $3,500 - per month I am confident I can support us both. thanks x

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Withholding is the amount your employer keeps from your pay and remits to the government. If you don't have sufficient withholding you will owe once you file your tax return, owe too much and you can be assessed fees & fines by the Internal Revenue Service. However rules are different for non-immigrant visa workers so it may likely not apply in your situation.

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Specializes in Home Care.

I think you also need to account for how much you're going to pay a month for healthcare premiums and out of pocket health related expenses.

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OK Thank you. And these deductions amount to approximately how much? Please try and be specific saying 'it depends' doesn't help because I don't know what it depends on. Thank you!

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Specializes in Critical Care/NICU.

If you look at a hospital that you are interested in there is normally info on the recruitment section on what healthcare should cost and other expensive that can be deducted from your wages

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Specializes in Home Care.

Did you try asking under the Texas nursing forum?

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Depending on your health plan, you may be deductibles, meaning you are responsible for the first $2-5K per year of health expenses per year. You also may have a co pay per visit $15 to $40 per visit and $150 dollars for the emergency room. Every hospital is different and this is changing for everyone since Obama care has new rules. Last you need to pay for dental issues which is about $20 and will cover dental cleaning and 50% of any major work done up to $1500 a year. I pay extra for disability insurance in case I can not work for an extended period of time this is optional. The tax code is progressive the more you make the more % of taxes are taken out. Between Local and state taxes I take home about 50% of the my pay.

Texas does not have state taxes. Also because you will not have a credit history you will need to put down a deposit for utilities until you establish credit. You will need to buy a car which if you finance won't be easy without credit history. Usually should have a emergency fund of 3 months and you need to put away for your retirement which is a 403b, most hospitals don't have retirement plan so you have to plan for this. It is highly suggested you have your own which runs around $100 a year.

Unless you are a union hospital ( which Texas does not have many) no one talks about pay, the reason is Human Resources will pay different people different wages for the same job. Since you are coming in on H1B you have to offered a fair wage, so I would assume they would pay you the mid range for your experience. Paying you less would be illegal and paying you more would not be good business sense since they have to pay the fees associated with your employment.

You must be a good candidate since h1b is expensive to the employer. You won't be allowed to work for another employer and your husband will not be able to work.

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