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MinnesotaMoving from Hawaii to Minnesota for work
What moves with you from Hawaii to Minnesota: your licence, your take-home pay, and the programs that pay people to come. Every line below is computed from the two states' rules.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Minnesota leaves you roughly $483 a year more than Hawaii does, because Minnesota's rate is lower.
| Salary | Hawaii state tax | Minnesota state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,080 | $2,758 | +$322 |
| $60,000 | $4,620 | $4,137 | +$483 |
| $90,000 | $6,930 | $6,206 | +$724 |
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: Hawaii to Minnesota
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 Minnesota you apply to the Minnesota Department of Health, 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: Hawaii to Minnesota
Endorsement needed. Neither Hawaii nor Minnesota is in the Nurse Licensure Compact. You apply to the Minnesota Board of Nursing for licensure by endorsement: verification of your Hawaii licence through Nursys, a fingerprint background check and the fee. Start before you give notice; six to twelve weeks is normal.
Electrician: Hawaii to Minnesota
Reciprocity likely. Minnesota licenses electricians at state level through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and reciprocity with a group of states for journeymen licensed by exam who worked a year in the trade. Your Hawaii licence comes from the Hawaii Board of Electricians and Plumbers, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Hawaii to Minnesota
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Minnesota resident you surrender the Hawaii CDL at a Minnesota 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 Minnesota. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Minnesota pay you to come?
- Harmony new-home rebate: $5,000 to $12,000. For anyone building a new home in the city of Harmony.
Openings filed in Minnesota
72 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Minnesota employers who could not fill them locally.
- Ag Equipment OperatorAvalon Ridge LLC · Roseau · $20.45/hr
- Farm Laborer - Seasonal livestockRAGUSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP · WHEATON · $18.73/hr
- Loan Sales SpecialistOneMain Financial · Rochester
- FarmworkerIdeal Farms, Inc. · Doran · $15.63/hr
- FarmworkerNew Horizon Dairy · Hoffman · $15.63/hr
- Farmworker/LaborerHickory Orchard, LLC · La Crescent · $15.63/hr
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From Hawaii to the states next to Minnesota
North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Wisconsin (progressive, top rate 7.65%)
To Minnesota from the states next to Hawaii
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