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AlabamaMoving from Pennsylvania to Alabama for work
What moves with you from Pennsylvania to Alabama: 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 Alabama takes roughly $258 a year more than Pennsylvania does.
| Salary | Pennsylvania state tax | Alabama state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,228 | $1,400 | -$172 |
| $60,000 | $1,842 | $2,100 | -$258 |
| $90,000 | $2,763 | $3,150 | -$387 |
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 Pennsylvania: municipalities add an earned income tax, 1% in most places and 3.75% in Philadelphia. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: Pennsylvania to Alabama
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Pennsylvania certificate stays on the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry (Pennsylvania Department of Education, administered by Credentia); to work in Alabama you apply to the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry (Alabama Department of Public Health) 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: Pennsylvania to Alabama
Works on day one. Both Pennsylvania and Alabama are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Pennsylvania is valid in Alabama the day you arrive. Once Alabama is your primary residence, apply there for a Alabama multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Pennsylvania to Alabama
Exam likely. Alabama licenses at state level through the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board and reciprocates with other state boards, but Pennsylvania 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 Alabama journeyman exam.
CDL: Pennsylvania to Alabama
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Alabama resident you surrender the Pennsylvania CDL at a Alabama 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 Alabama. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Alabama pay you to come?
- Remote Shoals: up to $10,000. For remote workers moving to the Shoals area (Florence, Muscle Shoals).
Openings filed in Alabama
65 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Alabama employers who could not fill them locally.
- Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)Waters Nursery LLC · Robertsdale · $11.85/hr
- Farmworker: Diversified (45-2092.00)Dairyland Nursery · Mobile · $12/hr
- Tree Farm Worker (45-2092.00)The Plant Factory · Theodore · $16.04/hr
- Horticultural WorkersYoung's Plant Farm, Inc. (AL) · Auburn · $11.85/hr
- Farm WorkerJ Durbin Farms · Clanton · $11.85/hr
- Ranch WorkerFrank Turner Construction Co Inc · Mobile · $16.08/hr
Your own route from Pennsylvania to Alabama
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