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Oklahoma, CNAMoving from Arkansas to Oklahoma as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Arkansas 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 by reciprocity. Your Arkansas certificate stays on the Arkansas Office of Long Term Care, Nurse Aide Registry; 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Oklahoma takes roughly $357 a year more than Arkansas does.
| Salary | Arkansas state tax | Oklahoma state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,092 | $1,330 | -$238 |
| $60,000 | $1,638 | $1,995 | -$357 |
| $90,000 | $2,457 | $2,993 | -$536 |
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.
RN and LPN: Arkansas to Oklahoma
Works on day one. Both Arkansas and Oklahoma are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Arkansas 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: Arkansas 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 Arkansas licence comes from the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Electrical Section, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Arkansas to Oklahoma
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Oklahoma resident you surrender the Arkansas 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.
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? Arkansas has Life Works Here (Northwest Arkansas). See moving from Oklahoma to Arkansas.
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 Arkansas to the states next to Oklahoma
Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Texas (no state income tax) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax)
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