Moving between states / Delaware
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Delaware, Truck driverMoving from Minnesota to Delaware as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Minnesota has to do to work in Delaware, what the move does to your pay, and who in Delaware 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 Delaware resident you surrender the Minnesota CDL at a Delaware 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 Delaware. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Delaware leaves you roughly $1,365 a year more than Minnesota does, because Delaware's rate is lower.
| Salary | Minnesota state tax | Delaware state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $2,758 | $1,848 | +$910 |
| $60,000 | $4,137 | $2,772 | +$1,365 |
| $90,000 | $6,206 | $4,158 | +$2,048 |
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: Minnesota to Delaware
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Minnesota certificate stays on the Minnesota Department of Health, Nursing Assistant Registry; to work in Delaware you apply to the Delaware Division of Health Care Quality, 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: Minnesota to Delaware
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Minnesota is not in the compact, so your Minnesota licence is single-state. Apply to the Delaware board for licensure by endorsement (Nursys verification, fingerprints, the board's fee); six to twelve weeks is normal, so start before you give notice. Because Delaware is a compact state, ask for the new licence to be issued as a multistate licence: from then on it works in every compact state.
Electrician: Minnesota to Delaware
Reciprocity likely. Delaware licenses electricians at state level through the Delaware Board of Electrical Examiners, and State licences for journeymen and masters; reciprocity for licence holders from states with an equivalent exam. Your Minnesota licence comes from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
Does Delaware pay you to come?
No statewide program in Delaware 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? Minnesota has Harmony new-home rebate. See moving from Delaware to Minnesota.
Openings filed in Delaware
43 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Delaware employers who could not fill them locally.
- Delaware Trust Administrative Officer I (DE TAO I)Bank of America · Wilmington
- Senior Fraud Analyst - Merrill Wealth ManagementBank of America · Newark
- Process Design Consultant II/ Solution Manager - Outbound CorrespondenceBank of America · Newark
- Ops Professional - Investigations Analyst ManagerBank of America · Newark
- Fraud Client Services Representatives - ATM Debit - 2nd shiftBank of America · Newark
- Business Support Manager - Enterprise Transaction ServicesBank of America · Newark
Your own route from Minnesota to Delaware
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From Minnesota to the states next to Delaware
Maryland (progressive, top rate 5.75%) · Pennsylvania (flat 3.07% state income tax) · New Jersey (progressive, top rate 10.75%)
To Delaware from the states next to Minnesota
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