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Moving from Ohio to Idaho for work

What moves with you from Ohio to Idaho: 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 Idaho takes roughly $1,710 a year more than Ohio does.

SalaryOhio state taxIdaho state taxDifference a year
$40,000$980$2,120-$1,140
$60,000$1,470$3,180-$1,710
$90,000$2,205$4,770-$2,565

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 Ohio: most cities add a 1 to 2.5% municipal income tax. Property and sales tax are not in it.

CNA: Ohio to Idaho

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Ohio certificate stays on the Ohio Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Idaho you apply to the Idaho Nurse Aide Registry (administered by Prometric for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) 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: Ohio to Idaho

Works on day one. Both Ohio and Idaho are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Ohio is valid in Idaho the day you arrive. Once Idaho is your primary residence, apply there for a Idaho multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.

Electrician: Ohio to Idaho

Exam likely. Idaho licenses at state level through the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, Electrical Board and reciprocates with other state boards, but Ohio licenses locally through the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (contractors) and city building departments, which is not a party to those agreements. Expect to document your hours and sit the Idaho journeyman exam.

CDL: Ohio to Idaho

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Idaho resident you surrender the Ohio CDL at a Idaho 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 Idaho. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.

No statewide program in Idaho 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.

Going the other way? Ohio has Hamilton Talent Attraction Program. See moving from Idaho to Ohio.

Openings filed in Idaho

39 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Idaho employers who could not fill them locally.

Your own route from Ohio to Idaho

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Same move, by trade

CNA: Ohio to Idaho · RN or LPN: Ohio to Idaho · Electrician: Ohio to Idaho · Truck driver: Ohio to Idaho

From Ohio to the states next to Idaho

Washington (no state income tax) · Oregon (progressive, top rate 9.9%) · Nevada (no state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax) · Montana (progressive, top rate 5.9%)

To Idaho from the states next to Ohio

Michigan · Indiana · Kentucky · West Virginia · Pennsylvania

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