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Minnesota, RN or LPNMoving from Alabama to Minnesota as a registered or practical nurse
What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Alabama has to do to work in Minnesota, what the move does to your pay, and who in Minnesota is hiring from out of state.
Endorsement needed. Minnesota is not in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so your Alabama multistate licence does not work there. Apply to the Minnesota Board of Nursing for licensure by endorsement before you move; it commonly takes six to twelve weeks. Your Alabama licence stays valid for compact states.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Minnesota takes roughly $2,037 a year more than Alabama does.
| Salary | Alabama state tax | Minnesota state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,400 | $2,758 | -$1,358 |
| $60,000 | $2,100 | $4,137 | -$2,037 |
| $90,000 | $3,150 | $6,206 | -$3,056 |
Rough figures for a single filer: exact in the flat-rate and no-tax states, approximated at 70% of the top bracket in the progressive ones. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: Alabama to Minnesota
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Alabama certificate stays on the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health); to work in Minnesota you apply to the Minnesota Department of Health, Nursing Assistant Registry for reciprocity. It accepts an active certificate in good standing from another state; there is no retest if your record is clean. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.
Electrician: Alabama to Minnesota
Reciprocity likely. Minnesota licenses electricians at state level through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and reciprocity with a group of states for journeymen licensed by exam who worked a year in the trade. Your Alabama licence comes from the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Alabama to Minnesota
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Minnesota resident you surrender the Alabama CDL at a Minnesota driver licence office, pass the vision test, pay the fee, and your endorsements carry over. A hazmat endorsement needs a fresh TSA threat assessment in Minnesota. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Minnesota pay you to come?
- Harmony new-home rebate: $5,000 to $12,000. For anyone building a new home in the city of Harmony.
Going the other way? Alabama has Remote Shoals. See moving from Minnesota to Alabama.
Openings filed in Minnesota
72 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Minnesota employers who could not fill them locally.
- Ag Equipment OperatorAvalon Ridge LLC · Roseau · $20.45/hr
- Farm Laborer - Seasonal livestockRAGUSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP · WHEATON · $18.73/hr
- Loan Sales SpecialistOneMain Financial · Rochester
- FarmworkerIdeal Farms, Inc. · Doran · $15.63/hr
- FarmworkerNew Horizon Dairy · Hoffman · $15.63/hr
- Farmworker/LaborerHickory Orchard, LLC · La Crescent · $15.63/hr
Your own route from Alabama to Minnesota
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From Alabama to the states next to Minnesota
North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Wisconsin (progressive, top rate 7.65%)
To Minnesota from the states next to Alabama
Mississippi · Tennessee · Georgia · Florida
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