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Indiana, Truck driverMoving from Hawaii to Indiana as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Hawaii has to do to work in Indiana, what the move does to your pay, and who in Indiana 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 Indiana resident you surrender the Hawaii CDL at a Indiana 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 Indiana. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Indiana leaves you roughly $2,820 a year more than Hawaii does, because Indiana's rate is lower.
| Salary | Hawaii state tax | Indiana state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,080 | $1,200 | +$1,880 |
| $60,000 | $4,620 | $1,800 | +$2,820 |
| $90,000 | $6,930 | $2,700 | +$4,230 |
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 Indiana: counties add a local income tax, roughly 1 to 3%. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: Hawaii to Indiana
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Hawaii certificate stays on the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Nurse Aide Registry (administered by Prometric); to work in Indiana you apply to the Indiana 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: Hawaii to Indiana
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Hawaii is not in the compact, so your Hawaii licence is single-state. Apply to the Indiana 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 Indiana 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.
Electrician: Hawaii to Indiana
Licensed by the city. Indiana has no state electrician licence; the City and county building departments decide what card you need, and it can differ between cities. No state electrician licence; Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and other cities issue their own, several with reciprocity among Indiana cities. Ask the contractor hiring you which municipality the first job is in and apply to that one. Your Hawaii state licence is evidence of hours, not a licence there.
Does Indiana pay you to come?
- MakeMyMove town offers: typically $5,000 plus local perks. For remote workers moving to participating Indiana towns (Noblesville, Greensburg and others); each offer is its own program.
Openings filed in Indiana
58 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Indiana employers who could not fill them locally.
- Landscape LaborerWild Ridge Lawn & Landscape · Indianapolis · $19.69/hr
- Registered Wealth Management Client AssociateBank of America · Indianapolis
- Asset Based Lending Senior Business Development OfficerBank of America · Indianapolis
- Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, GreenhouseLennard Ag · Howe · $19.13/hr
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals - LivestockP Shafer Trucking Inc. · Andrews · $19.13/hr
- Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck DriversBio Town Ag Inc · Reynolds · $21.09/hr
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From Hawaii to the states next to Indiana
Michigan (flat 4.25% state income tax) · Ohio (progressive, top rate 3.5%) · Kentucky (flat 4% state income tax) · Illinois (flat 4.95% state income tax)
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