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LouisianaMoving from Illinois to Louisiana for work
What moves with you from Illinois to Louisiana: 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 Louisiana leaves you roughly $1,170 a year more than Illinois does, because Louisiana's rate is lower.
| Salary | Illinois state tax | Louisiana state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,980 | $1,200 | +$780 |
| $60,000 | $2,970 | $1,800 | +$1,170 |
| $90,000 | $4,455 | $2,700 | +$1,755 |
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: Illinois to Louisiana
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Illinois certificate stays on the Illinois Department of Public Health, Health Care Worker Registry; to work in Louisiana you apply to the Louisiana 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: Illinois to Louisiana
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Illinois is not in the compact, so your Illinois licence is single-state. Apply to the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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: Illinois to Louisiana
Exam likely. Louisiana licenses at state level through the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors and reciprocates with other state boards, but Illinois licenses locally through the City and county building departments, which is not a party to those agreements. Expect to document your hours and sit the Louisiana journeyman exam.
CDL: Illinois to Louisiana
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Louisiana resident you surrender the Illinois CDL at a Louisiana 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 Louisiana. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Louisiana pay you to come?
No statewide program in Louisiana 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 Louisiana
371 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Louisiana employers who could not fill them locally.
- Business Banking Relationship Manager - New Orleans MarketBank of America · New Orleans
- General farmworkerFruge' Aquafarms, Inc. · Branch · $15.81/hr
- FarmworkerBuster's Crawfish · Roanoke · $10.42/hr
- General Farm WorkerKade Fontenot · Iowa · $10.42/hr
- FarmworkerLIVE OAK AVOCADOS LLC · Belle Chasse · $10.42/hr
- General FarmworkersFontenot & Buller Farms Gen Ptr · Ville Platte · $10.42/hr
Your own route from Illinois to Louisiana
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From Illinois to the states next to Louisiana
Texas (no state income tax) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%) · Mississippi (flat 4.4% state income tax)
To Louisiana from the states next to Illinois
Wisconsin · Iowa · Missouri · Kentucky · Indiana
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