Moving between states / Oklahoma
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Oklahoma, ElectricianMoving from Nevada to Oklahoma as a journeyman electrician
What a journeyman electrician licensed in Nevada has to do to work in Oklahoma, what the move does to your pay, and who in Oklahoma is hiring from out of state.
Exam likely. Oklahoma licenses at state level through the Oklahoma Construction Industries 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 Oklahoma journeyman exam.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Oklahoma takes roughly $1,995 a year more than Nevada does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Nevada state tax | Oklahoma state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,330 | -$1,330 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $1,995 | -$1,995 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $2,993 | -$2,993 |
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 Oklahoma
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Nevada certificate stays on the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program; to work in Oklahoma you apply to the Oklahoma State 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 Oklahoma
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Nevada is not in the compact, so your Nevada licence is single-state. Apply to the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Oklahoma resident you surrender the Nevada CDL at a Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Oklahoma pay you to come?
- Tulsa Remote: $10,000. For full-time remote workers who move to Tulsa for at least a year; the longest-running program of its kind.
Openings filed in Oklahoma
85 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Oklahoma employers who could not fill them locally.
- Night Shift Operations Supervisor (Sunday- Thursday)McKesson · Oklahoma City
- Farm and Ranch HandCharlie's Hill Top · Rattan · $16.66/hr
- Farm LaborerFlag Ranch, LLC · Purcell · $11.88/hr
- Planting Crew MemberSouthwood Landscape & Nursery Co., Inc. · Tulsa · $16.66/hr
- Farm WorkerNewkirk Farmers-Ranchers Livestock Auction LLC · Newkirk · $11.88/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorSchrock Well Service LLC · Thomas · $11.88/hr
Your own route from Nevada to Oklahoma
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From Nevada to the states next to Oklahoma
Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%) · Texas (no state income tax) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax)
To Oklahoma from the states next to Nevada
Oregon · Idaho · Utah · Arizona · California
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