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West Virginia, CNAMoving from Texas to West Virginia as a certified nursing assistant
What a certified nursing assistant licensed in Texas has to do to work in West Virginia, what the move does to your pay, and who in West Virginia is hiring from out of state.
Transfers by reciprocity. Your Texas certificate stays on the Texas Health and Human Services, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in West Virginia you apply to the West Virginia Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification, 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 West Virginia takes roughly $2,024 a year more than Texas does, because you are leaving a state with no income tax on wages.
| Salary | Texas state tax | West Virginia state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $0 | $1,350 | -$1,350 |
| $60,000 | $0 | $2,024 | -$2,024 |
| $90,000 | $0 | $3,037 | -$3,037 |
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: Texas to West Virginia
Works on day one. Both Texas and West Virginia are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate RN or LPN licence from Texas is valid in West Virginia the day you arrive. Once West Virginia is your primary residence, apply there for a West Virginia multistate licence; most boards allow 30 to 60 days.
Electrician: Texas to West Virginia
Reciprocity likely. West Virginia licenses electricians at state level through the West Virginia State Fire Marshal, Electrician Licensing, and reciprocity with a few states for licence holders who passed an equivalent exam. 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.
CDL: Texas to West Virginia
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a West Virginia resident you surrender the Texas CDL at a West Virginia 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 West Virginia. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does West Virginia pay you to come?
- Ascend West Virginia: $12,000 over two years plus outdoor perks. For remote workers who move to one of the participating communities (Morgantown, Lewisburg, Shepherdstown and others).
Openings filed in West Virginia
14 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by West Virginia employers who could not fill them locally.
- 35-3023.00 Fast Food & Counter Workers – Mobile Food ConcessMiller & Company Concessions, LLC · Lewisburg · $15.68 to 23.32/hr
- Physical Therapist - $5K Sign on Bonus!Optum · Charleston
- Physical Therapist - $5K Sign on Bonus!Optum · Charleston
- Physical Therapist AssistantOptum · Charleston
- Delivery DriverAarons · Charleston
- Route Sales and Service DriverClean Harbors · Charleston
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From Texas to the states next to West Virginia
Ohio (progressive, top rate 3.5%) · Pennsylvania (flat 3.07% state income tax) · Maryland (progressive, top rate 5.75%) · Virginia (progressive, top rate 5.75%) · Kentucky (flat 4% state income tax)
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