The salary for the US also doesn’t count the healthcare and retirement benefits a US nurse is entitled to. US nurses generally receive health insurance coverage. As to pension benefits, NHS pensions for new employees aren’t very good. Each year, you earn 1/54th of that year’s salary as a defined benefit. If you work 40 years, you’re entitled to a pension of 75% of your average salary. Say that your career average salary is 30,000 pounds.[1] That gives you a pension about equal to your starting salary, or $30,000. That’s about what US social security would pay out for someone in that income level.
Also note that the retirement contribution for the NHS is about 9%, versus the 6.2% social security contribution.
Also note that the retirement contribution for the NHS is about 9%, versus the 6.2% social security contribution.
[1] Apparently nursing salaries go up about 20% for nurses with more than 20 years of experience: https://blog.jobmedic.co.uk/nursing-salary-list.