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Nebraska, CNAMoving from Tennessee to Nebraska as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Tennessee has to do to work in Nebraska, what the move does to your pay, and who in Nebraska is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Tennessee certificate stays on the Tennessee Department of Health, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Nebraska you apply to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 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.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Nebraska takes roughly $2,184 a year more than Tennessee does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Tennessee state tax | Nebraska state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,456 | -$1,456 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $2,184 | -$2,184 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $3,276 | -$3,276 |
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.
RN and LPN: Tennessee to Nebraska
Works on day one. Both Tennessee and Nebraska are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Tennessee is valid in Nebraska the day you arrive. Once Nebraska is your primary residence, apply there for a Nebraska multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Tennessee to Nebraska
Reciprocity likely. Nebraska licenses electricians at state level through the Nebraska State Electrical Division, and reciprocity with a list of states for journeymen who passed a comparable exam. Your Tennessee licence comes from the Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: Tennessee to Nebraska
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Nebraska resident you surrender the Tennessee CDL at a Nebraska 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 Nebraska. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does Nebraska pay you to come?
- Free building lots: a residential lot at no cost. For people who build a home in participating small towns (Curtis, Beatrice and others).
Openings filed in Nebraska
53 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Nebraska employers who could not fill them locally.
- Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch AnimalsWilson Flying Diamond Ranch · Lakeside · $20.56/hr
- Loan Sales SpecialistOneMain Financial · Grand Island
- Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, GreenhouseCSS Farms LLC · North Platte · $16.25/hr
- Relationship BankerBank of America · Omaha
- Farm Equipment MechanicKnobel Farms, Inc · Fairbury · $18.17/hr
- Farm Truck DriverTriple T Farms LLC · Ord · $16.25/hr
Your own route from Tennessee to Nebraska
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From Tennessee to the states next to Nebraska
South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax)
To Nebraska from the states next to Tennessee
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