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Moving from Minnesota to Nebraska as a registered or practical nurse

What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Minnesota has to do to work in Nebraska, what the move does to your pay, and who in Nebraska is hiring from out of state.

Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Minnesota is not in the compact, so your Minnesota licence is single-state. Apply to the Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Nebraska leaves you roughly $1,953 a year more than Minnesota does, because Nebraska's rate is lower.

SalaryMinnesota state taxNebraska state taxDifference a year
$40,000$2,758$1,456+$1,302
$60,000$4,137$2,184+$1,953
$90,000$6,206$3,276+$2,930

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 Nebraska

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Minnesota certificate stays on the Minnesota Department of Health, Nursing Assistant Registry; to work in Nebraska you apply to the Nebraska Department of 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.

Electrician: Minnesota to Nebraska

Reciprocity likely. Nebraska licenses electricians at state level through the Nebraska State Electrical Division, and reciprocity with a list of states for journeymen who passed a comparable 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.

CDL: Minnesota to Nebraska

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Nebraska resident you surrender the Minnesota CDL at a Nebraska 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 Nebraska. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.

  • Free building lots: a residential lot at no cost. For people who build a home in participating small towns (Curtis, Beatrice and others).

Going the other way? Minnesota has Harmony new-home rebate. See moving from Nebraska to Minnesota.

Openings filed in Nebraska

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

Your own route from Minnesota to Nebraska

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CNA: Minnesota to Nebraska · Electrician: Minnesota to Nebraska · Truck driver: Minnesota to Nebraska · All licences: Minnesota to Nebraska

From Minnesota to the states next to Nebraska

South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax)

To Nebraska from the states next to Minnesota

North Dakota · South Dakota · Iowa · Wisconsin

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