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Moving from Texas to Ohio for work

What moves with you from Texas to Ohio: 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 Ohio takes roughly $1,470 a year more than Texas does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.

SalaryTexas state taxOhio state taxDifference a year
$40,000$0$980-$980
$60,000$0$1,470-$1,470
$90,000$0$2,205-$2,205

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 Ohio: most cities add a 1 to 2.5% municipal income tax. Property and sales tax are not in it.

CNA: Texas to Ohio

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Texas certificate stays on the Texas Health and Human Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Ohio you apply to the Ohio 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 Ohio

Works on day one. Both Texas and Ohio are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Texas is valid in Ohio the day you arrive. Once Ohio is your primary residence, apply there for a Ohio multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.

Electrician: Texas to Ohio

Licensed by the city. Ohio has no state electrician licence; the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (contractors) and city building departments decide what card you need, and it can differ between cities. Electrical contractors are state-licensed; journeyman cards are issued by cities where required. No state reciprocity for the contractor exam. Ask the contractor hiring you which municipality the first job is in and apply to that one. Your Texas state licence is evidence of hours, not a licence there.

CDL: Texas to Ohio

Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a Ohio resident you surrender the Texas CDL at a Ohio 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 Ohio. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.

  • Hamilton Talent Attraction Program: student loan reimbursement paid over several years. For recent graduates moving to Hamilton, Ohio; check the current round.

Openings filed in Ohio

134 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by Ohio employers who could not fill them locally.

Your own route from Texas to Ohio

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CNA: Texas to Ohio · RN or LPN: Texas to Ohio · Electrician: Texas to Ohio · Truck driver: Texas to Ohio

From Texas to the states next to Ohio

Michigan (flat 4.25% state income tax) · Indiana (flat 3% state income tax) · Kentucky (flat 4% state income tax) · West Virginia (progressive, top rate 4.82%) · Pennsylvania (flat 3.07% state income tax)

To Ohio from the states next to Texas

New Mexico · Oklahoma · Arkansas · Louisiana

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