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Moving from Mississippi to Colorado for work

What moves with you from Mississippi to Colorado: 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

Mississippi and Colorado take about the same from a $60,000 salary; the difference is under $150 a year either way.

SalaryMississippi state taxColorado state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,760$1,760$0
$60,000$2,640$2,640$0
$90,000$3,960$3,960$0

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: Mississippi to Colorado

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Mississippi certificate stays on the Mississippi State Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Colorado you apply to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, 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: Mississippi to Colorado

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

Electrician: Mississippi to Colorado

Reciprocity likely. Colorado licenses electricians at state level through the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA), and endorsement for journeymen licensed in a state with a comparable exam and a year of licensed work. Your Mississippi licence comes from the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Mississippi to Colorado

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

No statewide program in Colorado 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.

Openings filed in Colorado

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

Your own route from Mississippi to Colorado

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CNA: Mississippi to Colorado · RN or LPN: Mississippi to Colorado · Electrician: Mississippi to Colorado · Truck driver: Mississippi to Colorado

From Mississippi to the states next to Colorado

Wyoming (no state income tax) · Nebraska (progressive, top rate 5.2%) · Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Oklahoma (progressive, top rate 4.75%) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Arizona (flat 2.5% state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax)

To Colorado from the states next to Mississippi

Tennessee · Alabama · Louisiana · Arkansas

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