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Moving from Alaska to Vermont as a registered or practical nurse

What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Alaska has to do to work in Vermont, what the move does to your pay, and who in Vermont is hiring from out of state.

Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Alaska is not in the compact, so your Alaska licence is single-state. Apply to the Vermont board for licensure by endorsement (Nursys verification, fingerprints, the board's fee); six to twelve weeks is normal, so start before you give notice. Because Vermont is a compact state, ask for the new licence to be issued as a multistate licence: from then on it works in every compact state.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Vermont takes roughly $3,675 a year more than Alaska does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.

SalaryAlaska state taxVermont state taxDifference a year
$40,000$0$2,450-$2,450
$60,000$0$3,675-$3,675
$90,000$0$5,513-$5,513

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: Alaska to Vermont

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Alaska certificate stays on the Alaska Board of Nursing (Certified Nurse Aide program); to work in Vermont you apply to the Vermont Board of Nursing (Licensed Nursing Assistant) for reciprocity. Vermont licenses nursing assistants; an out-of-state CNA applies for an LNA licence by endorsement. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.

Electrician: Alaska to Vermont

Reciprocity likely. Vermont licenses electricians at state level through the Vermont Division of Fire Safety, Electrical Licensing, and reciprocity with Maine and New Hampshire and endorsement for others with equivalent licences. Your Alaska licence comes from the Alaska Department of Labor, Mechanical Inspection, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Alaska to Vermont

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Vermont resident you surrender the Alaska CDL at a Vermont 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 Vermont. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.

  • New Relocating Worker Grant: up to $7,500 for moving costs. For people who move to Vermont for a job with a Vermont employer; funded in rounds, closes when the money is gone.

Going the other way? Alaska has Permanent Fund Dividend. See moving from Vermont to Alaska.

Openings filed in Vermont

11 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Vermont employers who could not fill them locally.

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From Alaska to the states next to Vermont

New York (progressive, top rate 10.9%) · New Hampshire (no state income tax) · Massachusetts (flat 5% state income tax)

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