Moving between states / Oklahoma
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Oklahoma, Truck driverMoving from Alabama to Oklahoma as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Alabama has to do to work in Oklahoma, what the move does to your pay, and who in Oklahoma is hiring from out of state.
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Oklahoma resident you surrender the Alabama CDL at a Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
Alabama and Oklahoma take about the same from a $60,000 salary; the difference is under $150 a year either way.
| Salary | Alabama state tax | Oklahoma state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,400 | $1,330 | +$70 |
| $60,000 | $2,100 | $1,995 | +$105 |
| $90,000 | $3,150 | $2,993 | +$157 |
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 Oklahoma
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Alabama certificate stays on the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health); to work in Oklahoma you apply to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Nurse Aide 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.
RN and LPN: Alabama to Oklahoma
Works on day one. Both Alabama and Oklahoma are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Alabama is valid in Oklahoma the day you arrive. Once Oklahoma is your primary residence, apply there for a Oklahoma multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Alabama to Oklahoma
Reciprocity likely. Oklahoma licenses electricians at state level through the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board, and reciprocity for journeymen with a licence from a state Oklahoma has an agreement with. 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.
Does Oklahoma pay you to come?
- Tulsa Remote: $10,000. For full-time remote workers who move to Tulsa for at least a year; the longest-running program of its kind.
Going the other way? Alabama has Remote Shoals. See moving from Oklahoma to Alabama.
Openings filed in Oklahoma
85 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Oklahoma employers who could not fill them locally.
- Night Shift Operations Supervisor (Sunday- Thursday)McKesson · Oklahoma City
- Farm and Ranch HandCharlie's Hill Top · Rattan · $16.66/hr
- Farm LaborerFlag Ranch, LLC · Purcell · $11.88/hr
- Planting Crew MemberSouthwood Landscape & Nursery Co., Inc. · Tulsa · $16.66/hr
- Farm WorkerNewkirk Farmers-Ranchers Livestock Auction LLC · Newkirk · $11.88/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorSchrock Well Service LLC · Thomas · $11.88/hr
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From Alabama to the states next to Oklahoma
Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%) · Texas (no state income tax) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax)
To Oklahoma from the states next to Alabama
Mississippi · Tennessee · Georgia · Florida
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