Moving between states / Montana
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MontanaMoving from Kansas to Montana for work
What moves with you from Kansas to Montana: your licence, your take-home pay, and the programs that pay people to come. Every line below is computed from the two states' rules.
What the move does to your paycheck
Kansas and Montana take about the same from a $60,000 salary; the difference is under $150 a year either way.
| Salary | Kansas state tax | Montana state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,562 | $1,652 | -$90 |
| $60,000 | $2,344 | $2,478 | -$134 |
| $90,000 | $3,515 | $3,717 | -$202 |
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 Montana
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Kansas certificate stays on the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Montana you apply to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, 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.
RN and LPN: Kansas to Montana
Works on day one. Both Kansas and Montana are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Kansas is valid in Montana the day you arrive. Once Montana is your primary residence, apply there for a Montana multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Kansas to Montana
Exam likely. Montana licenses at state level through the Montana State Electrical 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 Montana journeyman exam.
CDL: Kansas to Montana
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Montana resident you surrender the Kansas CDL at a Montana 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 Montana. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Montana pay you to come?
No statewide program in Montana 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 Montana to Kansas.
Openings filed in Montana
72 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Montana employers who could not fill them locally.
- Farm WorkerSilverado Farms II · Geraldine · $18.62/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorIronhorse Ag & Excavation, Inc · Shelby · $13.46/hr
- General Farm RanchAmos Enterprises · Havre · $13.46/hr
- Livestock WorkerHuntsman Ranch Company · Dell · $13.46/hr
- General Farm/RanchValley View Charolais Ranch, Inc · Polson · $13.46/hr
- Farm/Irrigation/Livestock WorkerPancost Cattle Co. · Twin Bridges · $13.46/hr
Your own route from Kansas to Montana
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From Kansas to the states next to Montana
North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax) · Idaho (flat 5.3% state income tax)
To Montana from the states next to Kansas
Nebraska · Missouri · Oklahoma · Colorado
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