Moving between states / Oregon
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Oregon, Truck driverMoving from Alabama to Oregon as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Alabama has to do to work in Oregon, what the move does to your pay, and who in Oregon 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 Oregon resident you surrender the Alabama CDL at a Oregon 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 Oregon. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Oregon takes roughly $2,058 a year more than Alabama does.
| Salary | Alabama state tax | Oregon state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,400 | $2,772 | -$1,372 |
| $60,000 | $2,100 | $4,158 | -$2,058 |
| $90,000 | $3,150 | $6,237 | -$3,087 |
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. In Oregon: Portland metro adds local taxes on higher incomes. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: Alabama to Oregon
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Alabama certificate stays on the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health); to work in Oregon you apply to the Oregon State Board of Nursing, Certified 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.
RN and LPN: Alabama to Oregon
Endorsement needed. Oregon is not in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so your Alabama multistate licence does not work there. Apply to the Oregon 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.
Electrician: Alabama to Oregon
Reciprocity likely. Oregon licenses electricians at state level through the Oregon Building Codes Division, Electrical and Elevator Board, and reciprocity with a short list of western states for general journeymen. 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 Oregon pay you to come?
No statewide program in Oregon pays people to move in. Towns sometimes list an offer through MakeMyMove, and employers in short-staffed trades pay relocation themselves; ask for it in writing before you accept.
Going the other way? Alabama has Remote Shoals. See moving from Oregon to Alabama.
Openings filed in Oregon
76 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Oregon employers who could not fill them locally.
- Relationship Banker- Bilingual Spanish preferredBank of America · Bend
- Relationship Banker, bilingual Spanish preferredBank of America · Eugene
- Beekeeper HelperSweet Bee Honey Company, Inc. · Milton Freewater · $17.65/hr
- Farm WorkerKCK Farms, LLC · Dayton · $17.92/hr
- Farmworker / LaborerWebster Orchards Inc. · The Dalles · $15.55/hr
- Farm LaborerBlooming Nursery, Inc. · Cornelius · $17.65/hr
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From Alabama to the states next to Oregon
Washington (no state income tax) · Idaho (flat 5.3% state income tax) · Nevada (no state income tax) · California (progressive, top rate 13.3%)
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