Moving between states / Alabama
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Alabama, Truck driverMoving from Kansas to Alabama as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Kansas has to do to work in Alabama, what the move does to your pay, and who in Alabama 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 Alabama resident you surrender the Kansas CDL at a Alabama 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 Alabama. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Alabama leaves you roughly $244 a year more than Kansas does, because Alabama's rate is lower.
| Salary | Kansas state tax | Alabama state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,562 | $1,400 | +$162 |
| $60,000 | $2,344 | $2,100 | +$244 |
| $90,000 | $3,515 | $3,150 | +$365 |
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: Kansas to Alabama
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Kansas certificate stays on the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Alabama you apply to the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health) 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: Kansas to Alabama
Works on day one. Both Kansas and Alabama are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Kansas is valid in Alabama the day you arrive. Once Alabama is your primary residence, apply there for a Alabama multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Kansas to Alabama
Exam likely. Alabama licenses at state level through the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board and reciprocates with other state boards, but Kansas 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 Alabama journeyman exam.
Does Alabama pay you to come?
- Remote Shoals: up to $10,000. For remote workers moving to the Shoals area (Florence, Muscle Shoals).
Going the other way? Kansas has Choose Topeka and Rural Opportunity Zones. See moving from Alabama to Kansas.
Openings filed in Alabama
65 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Alabama employers who could not fill them locally.
- Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)Waters Nursery LLC · Robertsdale · $11.85/hr
- Farmworker: Diversified (45-2092.00)Dairyland Nursery · Mobile · $12/hr
- Tree Farm Worker (45-2092.00)The Plant Factory · Theodore · $16.04/hr
- Horticultural WorkersYoung's Plant Farm, Inc. (AL) · Auburn · $11.85/hr
- Farm WorkerJ Durbin Farms · Clanton · $11.85/hr
- Ranch WorkerFrank Turner Construction Co Inc · Mobile · $16.08/hr
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