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Rhode Island, Truck driverMoving from Nevada to Rhode Island as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Nevada has to do to work in Rhode Island, what the move does to your pay, and who in Rhode Island is hiring from out of state.
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Rhode Island resident you surrender the Nevada CDL at a Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Rhode Island takes roughly $2,516 a year more than Nevada does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Nevada state tax | Rhode Island state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,677 | -$1,677 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $2,516 | -$2,516 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $3,774 | -$3,774 |
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 Rhode Island
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Nevada certificate stays on the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program; to work in Rhode Island you apply to the Rhode Island Department of Health, Nursing Assistant licensing for reciprocity. Rhode Island licenses nursing assistants; an out-of-state CNA applies for a licence by endorsement. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.
RN and LPN: Nevada to Rhode Island
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. Nevada is not in the compact, so your Nevada licence is single-state. Apply to the Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
Exam likely. Rhode Island licenses at state level through the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Board of Examiners of Electricians 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 Rhode Island journeyman exam.
Does Rhode Island pay you to come?
No statewide program in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
23 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Rhode Island employers who could not fill them locally.
- Tax Accountant II (TA II), Private BankingBank of America · Providence
- Tax Accountant II (TA II), Fiduciary Tax, Private BankingBank of America · Providence
- Credit Officer IIBank of America · Providence
- Senior Manager, Area Store OperationsSpectrum · Warwick
- Credit Officer II-Special Assets GroupBank of America · Providence
- Audit Manager - Credit Risk and Data Quality SMEBank of America · Providence
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