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Minnesota, CNAMoving from Iowa to Minnesota as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Iowa has to do to work in Minnesota, what the move does to your pay, and who in Minnesota is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Iowa certificate stays on the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry (Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing); 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Minnesota takes roughly $1,857 a year more than Iowa does.
| Salary | Iowa state tax | Minnesota state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,520 | $2,758 | -$1,238 |
| $60,000 | $2,280 | $4,137 | -$1,857 |
| $90,000 | $3,420 | $6,206 | -$2,786 |
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.
RN and LPN: Iowa to Minnesota
Endorsement needed. Minnesota is not in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so your Iowa multistate licence does not work there. Apply to the Minnesota Board of Nursing for licensure by endorsement before you move; it commonly takes six to twelve weeks. Your Iowa licence stays valid for compact states.
Electrician: Iowa 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 Iowa licence comes from the Iowa Electrical Examining Board, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Iowa 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 Iowa 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.
Going the other way? Iowa has Newton Housing Initiative. See moving from Minnesota to Iowa.
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 Iowa to the states next to Minnesota
North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Wisconsin (progressive, top rate 7.65%)
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