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Louisiana, RN or LPNMoving from Nevada to Louisiana as a registered or practical nurse
What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Nevada has to do to work in Louisiana, what the move does to your pay, and who in Louisiana is hiring from out of state.
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Nevada is not in the compact, so your Nevada licence is single-state. Apply to the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Louisiana takes roughly $1,800 a year more than Nevada does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Nevada state tax | Louisiana state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,200 | -$1,200 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $1,800 | -$1,800 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $2,700 | -$2,700 |
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: Nevada to Louisiana
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Nevada certificate stays on the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program; to work in Louisiana you apply to the Louisiana Department of Health, 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.
Electrician: Nevada to Louisiana
Exam likely. Louisiana licenses at state level through the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors 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 Louisiana journeyman exam.
CDL: Nevada to Louisiana
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Louisiana resident you surrender the Nevada CDL at a Louisiana 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 Louisiana. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Louisiana pay you to come?
No statewide program in Louisiana 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 Louisiana
371 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Louisiana employers who could not fill them locally.
- Business Banking Relationship Manager - New Orleans MarketBank of America · New Orleans
- General farmworkerFruge' Aquafarms, Inc. · Branch · $15.81/hr
- FarmworkerBuster's Crawfish · Roanoke · $10.42/hr
- General Farm WorkerKade Fontenot · Iowa · $10.42/hr
- FarmworkerLIVE OAK AVOCADOS LLC · Belle Chasse · $10.42/hr
- General FarmworkersFontenot & Buller Farms Gen Ptr · Ville Platte · $10.42/hr
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From Nevada to the states next to Louisiana
Texas (no state income tax) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%) · Mississippi (flat 4.4% state income tax)
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