Moving between states / Vermont

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Moving from Maine to Vermont for work

What moves with you from Maine to Vermont: 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

On a $60,000 salary Vermont takes roughly $672 a year more than Maine does.

SalaryMaine state taxVermont state taxDifference a year
$40,000$2,002$2,450-$448
$60,000$3,003$3,675-$672
$90,000$4,505$5,513-$1,008

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: Maine to Vermont

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Maine certificate stays on the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers; 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: Maine to Vermont

Works on day one. Both Maine and Vermont are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Maine is valid in Vermont the day you arrive. Once Vermont is your primary residence, apply there for a Vermont multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.

Electrician: Maine to Vermont

Reciprocity likely. Vermont licenses electricians at state level through the Vermont Division of Fire Safety, Electrical Licensing, and reciprocity with Maine and New Hampshire and endorsement for others with equivalent licences. Your Maine licence comes from the Maine Electricians' Examining Board, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Maine to Vermont

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Vermont resident you surrender the Maine 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.

  • 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.

Going the other way? Maine has Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit. See moving from Vermont to Maine.

Openings filed in Vermont

11 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Vermont employers who could not fill them locally.

Your own route from Maine to Vermont

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CNA: Maine to Vermont · RN or LPN: Maine to Vermont · Electrician: Maine to Vermont · Truck driver: Maine to Vermont

From Maine 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 Maine

New Hampshire

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