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WyomingMoving from New York to Wyoming for work
What moves with you from New York to Wyoming: 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 Wyoming leaves you roughly $4,578 a year more than New York does, because Wyoming has no state income tax on wages.
| Salary | New York state tax | Wyoming state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,052 | $0 | +$3,052 |
| $60,000 | $4,578 | $0 | +$4,578 |
| $90,000 | $6,867 | $0 | +$6,867 |
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 Wyoming
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 Wyoming you apply to the Wyoming State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program 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 Wyoming
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. New York is not in the compact, so your New York licence is single-state. Apply to the Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming
Exam likely. Wyoming licenses at state level through the Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety 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 Wyoming journeyman exam.
CDL: New York to Wyoming
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Wyoming resident you surrender the New York CDL at a Wyoming 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 Wyoming. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Wyoming pay you to come?
No statewide program in Wyoming 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 Wyoming
55 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Wyoming employers who could not fill them locally.
- Field Engineer - Electrical (UGs)Bechtel · Cheyenne
- Labor Relations AdminBechtel · Cheyenne
- General Ranch WorkerQCS 2, LLC · Meriden · $15.91/hr
- Inventory SpecialistBechtel · Cheyenne
- Document Control TechnicianBechtel · Cheyenne
- Field Engineer - Mechanical (CCGT)Bechtel · Cheyenne
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From New York to the states next to Wyoming
Montana (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Nebraska (progressive, top rate 5.2%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax) · Idaho (flat 5.3% state income tax)
To Wyoming from the states next to New York
Vermont · Massachusetts · Connecticut · New Jersey · Pennsylvania
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