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New Mexico, ElectricianMoving from Hawaii to New Mexico as a journeyman electrician
What a journeyman electrician licensed in Hawaii has to do to work in New Mexico, what the move does to your pay, and who in New Mexico is hiring from out of state.
Reciprocity likely. New Mexico licenses electricians at state level through the New Mexico Construction Industries Division, and reciprocity for journeymen from states with an equivalent exam, mostly the western group. 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary New Mexico leaves you roughly $2,142 a year more than Hawaii does, because New Mexico's rate is lower.
| Salary | Hawaii state tax | New Mexico state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,080 | $1,652 | +$1,428 |
| $60,000 | $4,620 | $2,478 | +$2,142 |
| $90,000 | $6,930 | $3,717 | +$3,213 |
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 New Mexico
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 New Mexico you apply to the New Mexico 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 New Mexico
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Hawaii is not in the compact, so your Hawaii licence is single-state. Apply to the New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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.
CDL: Hawaii to New Mexico
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a New Mexico resident you surrender the Hawaii CDL at a New Mexico 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 New Mexico. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does New Mexico pay you to come?
No statewide program in New Mexico 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 New Mexico
63 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by New Mexico employers who could not fill them locally.
- Agricultural Equipment OperatorsWalther Farms LLC - NM · Farmington · $12.35/hr
- Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck DriversRorros Trucking LLC · Artesia · $19.85/hr
- Agricultural Equipment OperatorDesert Diamond Trucking LLC · Loving · $15.96/hr
- Breeding AssistantMJ Farms · Veguita · $15.96/hr
- Farm WorkerBilly the Kid Produce · Deming · $12.35/hr
- Agricultural Equipment OperatorMimbres Ranch, LLC · Deming · $12.35/hr
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