Moving between states / Vermont
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Vermont, Truck driverMoving from Illinois to Vermont as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Illinois has to do to work in Vermont, what the move does to your pay, and who in Vermont 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 Vermont resident you surrender the Illinois CDL at a Vermont 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 Vermont. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Vermont takes roughly $705 a year more than Illinois does.
| Salary | Illinois state tax | Vermont state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,980 | $2,450 | -$470 |
| $60,000 | $2,970 | $3,675 | -$705 |
| $90,000 | $4,455 | $5,513 | -$1,058 |
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 Vermont
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Illinois certificate stays on the Illinois Department of Public Health, Health Care Worker Registry; to work in Vermont you apply to the Vermont Board of Nursing (Licensed Nursing Assistant) for reciprocity. Vermont licenses nursing assistants; an out-of-state CNA applies for an LNA licence by endorsement. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.
RN and LPN: Illinois to Vermont
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Illinois is not in the compact, so your Illinois licence is single-state. Apply to the Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Vermont
Exam likely. Vermont licenses at state level through the Vermont Division of Fire Safety, Electrical Licensing 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 Vermont journeyman exam.
Does Vermont pay you to come?
- New Relocating Worker Grant: up to $7,500 for moving costs. For people who move to Vermont for a job with a Vermont employer; funded in rounds, closes when the money is gone.
Openings filed in Vermont
11 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Vermont employers who could not fill them locally.
- Merrill Wealth Management Client Associate - Advisor Development Program: Northern New England MarketBank of America · Burlington
- Agriculture, Forestry & Agricultural Equipment OperatorRiverbend Farm LLC · Fairfax · $18.83/hr
- Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch AnimalsNorthwoods Apiaries LLC · Westfield · $16.15/hr
- Agriculture, Forestry & Agricultural Equipment OperatorKevin J Audy LLC · Starksboro · $18.83/hr
- Agricultural Equipment OperatorPete's Greens Inc · Craftsbury · $16.15/hr
- Registered Wealth Management Client AssociateBank of America · Burlington
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From Illinois to the states next to Vermont
New York (progressive, top rate 10.9%) · New Hampshire (no state income tax) · Massachusetts (flat 5% state income tax)
To Vermont from the states next to Illinois
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