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Minnesota, Truck driverMoving from Pennsylvania to Minnesota as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Pennsylvania has to do to work in Minnesota, what the move does to your pay, and who in Minnesota 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 Minnesota resident you surrender the Pennsylvania CDL at a Minnesota 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 Minnesota. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Minnesota takes roughly $2,295 a year more than Pennsylvania does.
| Salary | Pennsylvania state tax | Minnesota state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,228 | $2,758 | -$1,530 |
| $60,000 | $1,842 | $4,137 | -$2,295 |
| $90,000 | $2,763 | $6,206 | -$3,443 |
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 Minnesota
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Pennsylvania certificate stays on the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry (Pennsylvania Department of Education, administered by Credentia); to work in Minnesota you apply to the Minnesota Department of Health, Nursing Assistant 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: Pennsylvania to Minnesota
Endorsement needed. Minnesota is not in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so your Pennsylvania multistate licence does not work there. Apply to the Minnesota Board of Nursing for licensure by endorsement before you move; it commonly takes six to twelve weeks. Your Pennsylvania licence stays valid for compact states.
Electrician: Pennsylvania to Minnesota
Exam likely. Minnesota licenses at state level through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry 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 Minnesota journeyman exam.
Does Minnesota pay you to come?
- Harmony new-home rebate: $5,000 to $12,000. For anyone building a new home in the city of Harmony.
Openings filed in Minnesota
72 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Minnesota employers who could not fill them locally.
- Ag Equipment OperatorAvalon Ridge LLC · Roseau · $20.45/hr
- Farm Laborer - Seasonal livestockRAGUSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP · WHEATON · $18.73/hr
- Loan Sales SpecialistOneMain Financial · Rochester
- FarmworkerIdeal Farms, Inc. · Doran · $15.63/hr
- FarmworkerNew Horizon Dairy · Hoffman · $15.63/hr
- Farmworker/LaborerHickory Orchard, LLC · La Crescent · $15.63/hr
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From Pennsylvania to the states next to Minnesota
North Dakota (progressive, top rate 2.5%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Wisconsin (progressive, top rate 7.65%)
To Minnesota from the states next to Pennsylvania
New York · New Jersey · Delaware · Maryland · West Virginia · Ohio
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