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AlabamaMoving from New York to Alabama for work
What moves with you from New York to Alabama: your licence, your take-home pay, and the programs that pay people to come. Every line below is computed from the two states' rules.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Alabama leaves you roughly $2,478 a year more than New York does, because Alabama's rate is lower.
| Salary | New York state tax | Alabama state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,052 | $1,400 | +$1,652 |
| $60,000 | $4,578 | $2,100 | +$2,478 |
| $90,000 | $6,867 | $3,150 | +$3,717 |
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 New York: New York City adds up to 3.876%. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: New York to Alabama
Transfers by reciprocity. Your New York certificate stays on the New York State Nurse Aide Registry (administered by Prometric for the Department of Health); 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.
RN and LPN: New York to Alabama
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. New York is not in the compact, so your New York 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: New York to Alabama
Exam likely. Alabama licenses at state level through the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board and reciprocates with other state boards, but New York licenses locally through the City and county building departments, which is not a party to those agreements. Expect to document your hours and sit the Alabama journeyman exam.
CDL: New York 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 New York 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
Your own route from New York to Alabama
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From New York to the states next to Alabama
Mississippi (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Tennessee (no state income tax) · Georgia (flat 5.19% state income tax) · Florida (no state income tax)
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Vermont · Massachusetts · Connecticut · New Jersey · Pennsylvania
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