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Arkansas, Truck driverMoving from New York to Arkansas as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in New York has to do to work in Arkansas, what the move does to your pay, and who in Arkansas 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 Arkansas resident you surrender the New York CDL at a Arkansas 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 Arkansas. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Arkansas leaves you roughly $2,940 a year more than New York does, because Arkansas's rate is lower.
| Salary | New York state tax | Arkansas state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,052 | $1,092 | +$1,960 |
| $60,000 | $4,578 | $1,638 | +$2,940 |
| $90,000 | $6,867 | $2,457 | +$4,410 |
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 Arkansas
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 Arkansas you apply to the Arkansas Office of Long Term Care, 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: New York to Arkansas
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. New York is not in the compact, so your New York licence is single-state. Apply to the Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas
Exam likely. Arkansas licenses at state level through the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Electrical Section 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 Arkansas journeyman exam.
Does Arkansas pay you to come?
- Life Works Here (Northwest Arkansas): up to $10,000 plus a bicycle. For remote and tech workers moving to the Bentonville and Fayetteville region; runs in rounds.
Openings filed in Arkansas
78 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Arkansas employers who could not fill them locally.
- Market Financial Center Manager - Arkansas MarketBank of America · Little Rock
- Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)Aydani Wholesale Nursery LLC · Magnolia · $13.95/hr
- FARM LABORERMATTHEW TOWNLEY · CROSSETT · $13.95/hr
- Agricultural Equipment Operator/General Farm WorkerFloyd Calhoun and Son Farms · Griffithville · $13.95/hr
- Farm Equipment MechanicMoncrief Ranch LLC · Hermitage · $25.66/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorMcGraw Farms Partnership · Gould · $13.95/hr
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From New York to the states next to Arkansas
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