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South Dakota, CNAMoving from Georgia to South Dakota as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Georgia has to do to work in South Dakota, what the move does to your pay, and who in South Dakota is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Georgia certificate stays on the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry (Georgia Department of Community Health, administered by Credentia); to work in South Dakota you apply to the South Dakota Board of Nursing, 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 South Dakota leaves you roughly $3,114 a year more than Georgia does, because South Dakota has no state income tax on wages.
| Salary | Georgia state tax | South Dakota state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $2,076 | $0 | +$2,076 |
| $60,000 | $3,114 | $0 | +$3,114 |
| $90,000 | $4,671 | $0 | +$4,671 |
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: Georgia to South Dakota
Works on day one. Both Georgia and South Dakota are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Georgia is valid in South Dakota the day you arrive. Once South Dakota is your primary residence, apply there for a South Dakota multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Georgia to South Dakota
Reciprocity likely. South Dakota licenses electricians at state level through the South Dakota Electrical Commission, and reciprocity with a group of states for journeymen licensed by exam. Your Georgia licence comes from the Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Electrical Contractors, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Georgia to South Dakota
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a South Dakota resident you surrender the Georgia CDL at a South Dakota 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 South Dakota. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does South Dakota pay you to come?
No statewide program in South Dakota 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.
Openings filed in South Dakota
63 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by South Dakota employers who could not fill them locally.
- Cattle Ranch and Farm WorkerGoehring Routier Inc · Buffalo · $17.92/hr
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals - LivestockDaniel Pravecek · Winner · $17.92/hr
- Farm Construction Worker/LaborerSBH Ag Services, Inc. · Highmore · $17.23/hr
- Ranch HandThyen Farms · Watertown · $17.92/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorMcCloud Ranch · Cresbard · $17.92/hr
- Beekeeper HelperPaul Taylor · Faith · $17.92/hr
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