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Moving from Nevada to Ohio as a journeyman electrician

What a journeyman electrician licensed in Nevada has to do to work in Ohio, what the move does to your pay, and who in Ohio is hiring from out of state.

Licensed by the city. Ohio has no state electrician licence; the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (contractors) and city building departments decide what card you need, and it can differ between cities. Electrical contractors are state-licensed; journeyman cards are issued by cities where required. No state reciprocity for the contractor exam. Ask the contractor hiring you which municipality the first job is in and apply to that one. Your Nevada local licence is evidence of hours, not a licence there.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Ohio takes roughly $1,470 a year more than Nevada does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.

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 Ohio: most cities add a 1 to 2.5% municipal income tax. Property and sales tax are not in it.

CNA: Nevada to Ohio

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Nevada certificate stays on the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program; to work in Ohio you apply to the Ohio 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.

RN and LPN: Nevada to Ohio

Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Nevada is not in the compact, so your Nevada licence is single-state. Apply to the Ohio 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 Ohio 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.

CDL: Nevada to Ohio

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

Does Ohio pay you to come?

• Hamilton Talent Attraction Program: student loan reimbursement paid over several years. For recent graduates moving to Hamilton, Ohio; check the current round.

Openings filed in Ohio

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

• Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch AnimalsTriple-A Farm LLC · Deshler · $14.42/hr
• Hotel HousekeeperSOLNRUS LLC · Perrysburg · $15.51/hr
• Production Technician/Machine Operator (2nd Shift, Forklift exp a PLUS)The Coca-Cola Company · Columbus
• Inventory SpecialistBechtel · Columbus
• Relationship Banker - Euclid, Willoughby, Mentor, Mayfield Heights, Shaker Heights, Woodmere and SolonBank of America · Beachwood
• Amusement and Recreation AttendantCroydon, Inc. · Bryan · $16.75 to 22.6/hr

Same move, by trade

CNA: Nevada to Ohio · RN or LPN: Nevada to Ohio · Truck driver: Nevada to Ohio · All licences: Nevada to Ohio

From Nevada to the states next to Ohio

Michigan (flat 4.25% state income tax) · Indiana (flat 3% state income tax) · Kentucky (flat 4% state income tax) · West Virginia (progressive, top rate 4.82%) · Pennsylvania (flat 3.07% state income tax)

To Ohio from the states next to Nevada

Oregon · Idaho · Utah · Arizona · California

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