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Moving from Montana to Delaware as a certified nursing assistant

What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Montana 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 by reciprocity. Your Montana certificate stays on the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Nurse Aide 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.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Delaware takes roughly $294 a year more than Montana does.

SalaryMontana state taxDelaware state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,652$1,848-$196
$60,000$2,478$2,772-$294
$90,000$3,717$4,158-$441

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.

RN and LPN: Montana to Delaware

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

Electrician: Montana 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 Montana licence comes from the Montana State Electrical Board, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Montana to Delaware

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Delaware resident you surrender the Montana 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.

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.

Openings filed in Delaware

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

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RN or LPN: Montana to Delaware · Electrician: Montana to Delaware · Truck driver: Montana to Delaware · All licences: Montana to Delaware

From Montana 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 Montana

North Dakota · South Dakota · Wyoming · Idaho

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