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Moving from Ohio to South Dakota as a journeyman electrician

What a journeyman electrician licensed in Ohio has to do to work in South Dakota, what the move does to your pay, and who in South Dakota is hiring from out of state.

Exam likely. South Dakota licenses at state level through the South Dakota Electrical Commission 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 South Dakota journeyman exam.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary South Dakota leaves you roughly $1,470 a year more than Ohio does, because South Dakota has no state income tax on wages.

SalaryOhio state taxSouth Dakota state taxDifference a year
$40,000$980$0+$980
$60,000$1,470$0+$1,470
$90,000$2,205$0+$2,205

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 South Dakota

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Ohio certificate stays on the Ohio Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in South Dakota you apply to the South Dakota Board of Nursing, 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: Ohio to South Dakota

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

CDL: Ohio to South Dakota

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

No statewide program in South Dakota 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 South Dakota to Ohio.

Openings filed in South Dakota

63 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by South Dakota employers who could not fill them locally.

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From Ohio to the states next to South Dakota

North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · Minnesota (progressive, top rate 9.85%) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Nebraska (progressive, top rate 5.2%) · Wyoming (no state income tax) · Montana (progressive, top rate 5.9%)

To South Dakota from the states next to Ohio

Michigan · Indiana · Kentucky · West Virginia · Pennsylvania

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