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Mississippi, Truck driverMoving from Texas to Mississippi as a CDL holder
What a CDL holder licensed in Texas has to do to work in Mississippi, what the move does to your pay, and who in Mississippi 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 Mississippi resident you surrender the Texas CDL at a Mississippi 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 Mississippi. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary Mississippi takes roughly $2,640 a year more than Texas does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Texas state tax | Mississippi state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,760 | -$1,760 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $2,640 | -$2,640 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $3,960 | -$3,960 |
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 Mississippi
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Texas certificate stays on the Texas Health and Human Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Mississippi you apply to the Mississippi State Department of Health, 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: Texas to Mississippi
Works on day one. Both Texas and Mississippi are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Texas is valid in Mississippi the day you arrive. Once Mississippi is your primary residence, apply there for a Mississippi multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Texas to Mississippi
Reciprocity likely. Mississippi licenses electricians at state level through the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, and The state licenses electrical contractors; journeymen are licensed by cities where at all. Contractor reciprocity with a handful of states. 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 Mississippi pay you to come?
No statewide program in Mississippi 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 Mississippi
53 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Mississippi employers who could not fill them locally.
- Farm WorkerJack Weaver Farms LLC · Newton · $13.93/hr
- Farm WorkerPrewitt Farms · Boyle · $9.95/hr
- Farm WorkerTackett Fish Farms · Schlater · $12/hr
- Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)Murray's Nursery LLC · Moss Point · $15.04/hr
- Ag Equipment OperatorSimpson's Sod Company, Inc. · Poplarville · $15.04/hr
- Farm WorkerEvans Planting Co. · Anguilla · $15.04/hr
Your own route from Texas to Mississippi
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From Texas to the states next to Mississippi
Tennessee (no state income tax) · Alabama (progressive, top rate 5%) · Louisiana (flat 3% state income tax) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%)
To Mississippi from the states next to Texas
New Mexico · Oklahoma · Arkansas · Louisiana
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