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Moving from Mississippi to Utah for work

What moves with you from Mississippi to Utah: 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 Utah take about the same from a $60,000 salary; the difference is under $150 a year either way.

SalaryMississippi state taxUtah state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,760$1,800-$40
$60,000$2,640$2,700-$60
$90,000$3,960$4,050-$90

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 Utah

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Mississippi certificate stays on the Mississippi State Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Utah you apply to the Utah Nursing Assistant Registry (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) 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 Utah

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

Electrician: Mississippi to Utah

Reciprocity likely. Utah licenses electricians at state level through the Utah Division of Professional Licensing, and reciprocity with most western states for journeymen who passed an equivalent exam. 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 Utah

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

No statewide program in Utah 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 Utah

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

Your own route from Mississippi to Utah

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

From Mississippi to the states next to Utah

Idaho (flat 5.3% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Arizona (flat 2.5% state income tax) · Nevada (no state income tax)

To Utah from the states next to Mississippi

Tennessee · Alabama · Louisiana · Arkansas

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