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Moving from Missouri to Vermont as a registered or practical nurse

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

Works on day one. Both Missouri and Vermont are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Missouri 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.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Vermont takes roughly $1,701 a year more than Missouri does.

SalaryMissouri state taxVermont state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,316$2,450-$1,134
$60,000$1,974$3,675-$1,701
$90,000$2,961$5,513-$2,552

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. In Missouri: Kansas City and St. Louis add a 1% earnings tax. Property and sales tax are not in it.

CNA: Missouri to Vermont

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Missouri certificate stays on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Certified Nurse Assistant Registry; 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.

Electrician: Missouri to Vermont

Exam likely. Vermont licenses at state level through the Vermont Division of Fire Safety, Electrical Licensing and reciprocates with other state boards, but Missouri licenses locally through the Missouri Division of Professional Registration (optional statewide licence) and city building departments, which is not a party to those agreements. Expect to document your hours and sit the Vermont journeyman exam.

CDL: Missouri 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 Missouri 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.

Openings filed in Vermont

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

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CNA: Missouri to Vermont · Electrician: Missouri to Vermont · Truck driver: Missouri to Vermont · All licences: Missouri to Vermont

From Missouri 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 Missouri

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