Moving between states / New Jersey
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New Jersey, RN or LPNMoving from Illinois to New Jersey as a registered or practical nurse
What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Illinois has to do to work in New Jersey, what the move does to your pay, and who in New Jersey is hiring from out of state.
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Illinois is not in the compact, so your Illinois licence is single-state. Apply to the New Jersey 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 Jersey 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary New Jersey takes roughly $1,545 a year more than Illinois does.
| Salary | Illinois state tax | New Jersey state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,980 | $3,010 | -$1,030 |
| $60,000 | $2,970 | $4,515 | -$1,545 |
| $90,000 | $4,455 | $6,773 | -$2,318 |
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 New Jersey
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Illinois certificate stays on the Illinois Department of Public Health, Health Care Worker Registry; to work in New Jersey you apply to the New Jersey 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.
Electrician: Illinois to New Jersey
Exam required. New Jersey licenses electricians through the New Jersey Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors and does not reciprocate with any state. Your Illinois hours count toward eligibility, so get them certified in writing by the City and county building departments before you move and book the New Jersey exam early.
CDL: Illinois to New Jersey
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a New Jersey resident you surrender the Illinois CDL at a New Jersey 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 Jersey. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does New Jersey pay you to come?
No statewide program in New Jersey 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 Jersey
45 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by New Jersey employers who could not fill them locally.
- Senior Engineer - Global Rates eTrading TechBank of America · Jersey City
- Horticultural Worker (45-2092.00)Selle Farm LLC · Wrightstown · $16.57/hr
- Landscape LaborerMariani Enterprises LLC · Red Bank · $22.02/hr
- FarmworkerRMV10, LLC · Sewell · $16.57/hr
- Nursery Worker - DockAltman Specialty Plants, LLC - NJ · Allentown · $16.57/hr
- Data Scientist IBank of America · Jersey City
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From Illinois to the states next to New Jersey
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