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Maryland, CNAMoving from Kansas to Maryland as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Kansas has to do to work in Maryland, what the move does to your pay, and who in Maryland is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Kansas certificate stays on the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Maryland you apply to the Maryland Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program for reciprocity. Maryland certifies by endorsement and requires its own CNA certificate before you can work. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.
What the move does to your paycheck
Kansas and Maryland take about the same from a $60,000 salary; the difference is under $150 a year either way.
| Salary | Kansas state tax | Maryland state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,562 | $1,610 | -$48 |
| $60,000 | $2,344 | $2,415 | -$71 |
| $90,000 | $3,515 | $3,622 | -$107 |
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. In Maryland: counties add 2.25 to 3.2% on top. Property and sales tax are not in it.
RN and LPN: Kansas to Maryland
Works on day one. Both Kansas and Maryland are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Kansas is valid in Maryland the day you arrive. Once Maryland is your primary residence, apply there for a Maryland multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Kansas to Maryland
Exam likely. Maryland licenses at state level through the Maryland State Board of Master Electricians 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 Maryland journeyman exam.
CDL: Kansas to Maryland
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Maryland resident you surrender the Kansas CDL at a Maryland 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 Maryland. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Maryland pay you to come?
No statewide program in Maryland 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.
Going the other way? Kansas has Choose Topeka and Rural Opportunity Zones. See moving from Maryland to Kansas.
Openings filed in Maryland
42 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Maryland employers who could not fill them locally.
- HorsepersonNorthview Stallion Station, Inc. · Warwick · $18.98/hr
- Wealth Management Client AssociateBank of America · Silver Spring
- Agricultural Equipment OperatorsBlack Gold Farms, Inc · Rhodesdale · $20/hr
- 35-3023.00 Fast Food & Counter Workers – Mobile Food ConcessStrates Fine Foods, Inc. · Mount Airy · $18.24 to 32.1/hr
- Stable AttendantCountry Life Farm LLP · Fallston · $18.98/hr
- Food Concessions AttendantMystras Concessions LLC · Mount Airy · $18.82 to 32.1/hr
Your own route from Kansas to Maryland
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From Kansas to the states next to Maryland
Pennsylvania (flat 3.07% state income tax) · Delaware (progressive, top rate 6.6%) · Virginia (progressive, top rate 5.75%) · West Virginia (progressive, top rate 4.82%)
To Maryland from the states next to Kansas
Nebraska · Missouri · Oklahoma · Colorado
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