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Idaho, Truck driverMoving from Texas to Idaho as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Texas has to do to work in Idaho, what the move does to your pay, and who in Idaho 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 Idaho resident you surrender the Texas CDL at a Idaho 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 Idaho. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Idaho takes roughly $3,180 a year more than Texas does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Texas state tax | Idaho state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $2,120 | -$2,120 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $3,180 | -$3,180 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $4,770 | -$4,770 |
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: Texas to Idaho
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Texas certificate stays on the Texas Health and Human Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Idaho you apply to the Idaho Nurse Aide Registry (administered by Prometric for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) 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: Texas to Idaho
Works on day one. Both Texas and Idaho are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Texas is valid in Idaho the day you arrive. Once Idaho is your primary residence, apply there for a Idaho multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Texas to Idaho
Reciprocity likely. Idaho licenses electricians at state level through the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, Electrical Board, and Idaho reciprocates with most western states for journeymen who tested there and worked a year. Your Texas licence comes from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
Does Idaho pay you to come?
No statewide program in Idaho 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.
Openings filed in Idaho
39 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Idaho employers who could not fill them locally.
- Farm/Irrigation/Livestock Worker24/7 Farms 365, LLC · Caldwell · $13.34/hr
- Farm/Irrigation/ Livestock WorkerJared Pilkerton · Salmon · $13.34/hr
- General Farm/Irrigation WorkerEscobedo Dairy, LLC · Hagerman · $13.34/hr
- Farm/Irrigation/Livestock WorkerHull Farms, Inc. · Filer · $15.83/hr
- Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch AnimalsBelliston Bros Apiaries Inc · Burley · $13.34/hr
- General FarmworkerEgan Ranch, LLC · Arimo · $13.34/hr
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From Texas to the states next to Idaho
Washington (no state income tax) · Oregon (progressive, top rate 9.9%) · Nevada (no state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax) · Montana (progressive, top rate 5.9%)
To Idaho from the states next to Texas
New Mexico · Oklahoma · Arkansas · Louisiana
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