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ColoradoMoving from New York to Colorado for work
What moves with you from New York to Colorado: 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 Colorado leaves you roughly $1,938 a year more than New York does, because Colorado's rate is lower.
| Salary | New York state tax | Colorado state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,052 | $1,760 | +$1,292 |
| $60,000 | $4,578 | $2,640 | +$1,938 |
| $90,000 | $6,867 | $3,960 | +$2,907 |
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 Colorado
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 Colorado you apply to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, 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 Colorado
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. New York is not in the compact, so your New York licence is single-state. Apply to the Colorado 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 Colorado 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 Colorado
Exam likely. Colorado licenses at state level through the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA) 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 Colorado journeyman exam.
CDL: New York to Colorado
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Colorado resident you surrender the New York CDL at a Colorado 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 Colorado. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Colorado pay you to come?
No statewide program in Colorado 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 Colorado
125 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Colorado employers who could not fill them locally.
- Malware Defense Senior Manager (MRA)Bank of America · Denver
- Veterinary Assistant (VA) - DenverModern Animal, Inc. · Denver
- Senior Systems Engineer (Identity and Access)Flexport · Gunnison
- Injury Claims Examiner (Central to West region)USAA · Colorado Springs
- Business Banking Relationship Manager - Denver MarketBank of America · Denver
- Financial Solutions Advisor Registration Candidate - Citadel Financial Center - Spanish PreferredBank of America · Colorado Springs
Your own route from New York to Colorado
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From New York to the states next to Colorado
Wyoming (no state income tax) · Nebraska (progressive, top rate 5.2%) · Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Oklahoma (progressive, top rate 4.75%) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Arizona (flat 2.5% state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax)
To Colorado from the states next to New York
Vermont · Massachusetts · Connecticut · New Jersey · Pennsylvania
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