Nurse Salary in Texas

[BennyBear]

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

[BennyBear]

Gingers' Mom, for some reason I didn't see your last response to this thread ^ until today, thank you it's very helpful. My husband has had an American Express credit card here in the UK for a couple of years, he is quite convinced that this will count towards a credit history once we arrive in the States, is he right? I have been offered the job at the hospital I have been alluding to and I asked the recruiter directly how much I could expect to pay in taxes per month on average and she said she would 'put something together and get back to me.' (Salary $65,000 pa). So I'm none the wiser, haha. I would like to figure out what kind of brackets I need to work within to plan for a rental property (we won't be able to get a mortgage straight away), i.e will we be able to afford to rent a $1,300 per month apartment or do I need to look at properties under $1,000, etc. I guess i will just have to wait until my recruiter gets back to me won't I.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Generally you can exchange UK American express to US however I don't think it has any impact on credit score

[Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN]

Go to the IRS web site, put in your Deductions which would be over 65000. I believe with a H1b you can not work for another employer, also your spouse can not work with that visa. but 65,000 is a good income. while the pay may be higher, you have to budget for expenses you do not have to worry about, like long and short term disability, money for your co pays , how much your insurance will cost, Retirement funds. Also starting a new job you will not have any sick time, so budget how long it will take for short term disability kicks in my wait is two weeks but others may have to wait up to 3 months.

Rent depends on where you live, depending on the area you may have to put first and last month rent down as a deposit. the usual rule of thumb is you should not pay more than 1/3 of your take home pay.