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Alabama, CNAMoving from Nevada to Alabama as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Nevada has to do to work in Alabama, what the move does to your pay, and who in Alabama is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Nevada certificate stays on the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program; to work in Alabama you apply to the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health) 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 Alabama takes roughly $2,100 a year more than Nevada does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Nevada state tax | Alabama state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,400 | -$1,400 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $2,100 | -$2,100 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $3,150 | -$3,150 |
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: Nevada to Alabama
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Nevada is not in the compact, so your Nevada licence is single-state. Apply to the Alabama 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 Alabama 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.
Electrician: Nevada to Alabama
Exam likely. Alabama licenses at state level through the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board and reciprocates with other state boards, but Nevada licenses locally through the Nevada State Contractors Board, which is not a party to those agreements. Expect to document your hours and sit the Alabama journeyman exam.
CDL: Nevada to Alabama
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Alabama resident you surrender the Nevada CDL at a Alabama 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 Alabama. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Alabama pay you to come?
- Remote Shoals: up to $10,000. For remote workers moving to the Shoals area (Florence, Muscle Shoals).
Openings filed in Alabama
65 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Alabama employers who could not fill them locally.
- Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)Waters Nursery LLC · Robertsdale · $11.85/hr
- Farmworker: Diversified (45-2092.00)Dairyland Nursery · Mobile · $12/hr
- Tree Farm Worker (45-2092.00)The Plant Factory · Theodore · $16.04/hr
- Horticultural WorkersYoung's Plant Farm, Inc. (AL) · Auburn · $11.85/hr
- Farm WorkerJ Durbin Farms · Clanton · $11.85/hr
- Ranch WorkerFrank Turner Construction Co Inc · Mobile · $16.08/hr
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