Moving between states / Arkansas
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Arkansas, Truck driverMoving from Oklahoma to Arkansas as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 $357 a year more than Oklahoma does, because Arkansas's rate is lower.
| Salary | Oklahoma state tax | Arkansas state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,330 | $1,092 | +$238 |
| $60,000 | $1,995 | $1,638 | +$357 |
| $90,000 | $2,993 | $2,457 | +$536 |
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. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: Oklahoma to Arkansas
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Oklahoma certificate stays on the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; 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: Oklahoma to Arkansas
Works on day one. Both Oklahoma and Arkansas are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Oklahoma is valid in Arkansas the day you arrive. Once Arkansas is your primary residence, apply there for a Arkansas multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Oklahoma to Arkansas
Reciprocity likely. Arkansas licenses electricians at state level through the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Electrical Section, and reciprocal agreements with a group of neighbouring and western states for journeymen with the required experience. Your Oklahoma licence comes from the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
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.
Going the other way? Oklahoma has Tulsa Remote. See moving from Arkansas to Oklahoma.
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 Oklahoma to the states next to Arkansas
Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Tennessee (no state income tax) · Mississippi (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Louisiana (flat 3% state income tax) · Texas (no state income tax)
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