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Moving from Vermont to Oklahoma as a registered or practical nurse

What a registered or practical nurse licensed in Vermont has to do to work in Oklahoma, what the move does to your pay, and who in Oklahoma is hiring from out of state.

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

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Oklahoma leaves you roughly $1,680 a year more than Vermont does, because Oklahoma's rate is lower.

SalaryVermont state taxOklahoma state taxDifference a year
$40,000$2,450$1,330+$1,120
$60,000$3,675$1,995+$1,680
$90,000$5,513$2,993+$2,520

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: Vermont to Oklahoma

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Vermont certificate stays on the Vermont Board of Nursing (Licensed Nursing Assistant); to work in Oklahoma you apply to the Oklahoma 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.

Electrician: Vermont to Oklahoma

Reciprocity likely. Oklahoma licenses electricians at state level through the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board, and reciprocity for journeymen with a licence from a state Oklahoma has an agreement with. Your Vermont licence comes from the Vermont Division of Fire Safety, Electrical Licensing, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Vermont to Oklahoma

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

  • Tulsa Remote: $10,000. For full-time remote workers who move to Tulsa for at least a year; the longest-running program of its kind.

Going the other way? Vermont has New Relocating Worker Grant. See moving from Oklahoma to Vermont.

Openings filed in Oklahoma

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

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CNA: Vermont to Oklahoma · Electrician: Vermont to Oklahoma · Truck driver: Vermont to Oklahoma · All licences: Vermont to Oklahoma

From Vermont to the states next to Oklahoma

Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Arkansas (progressive, top rate 3.9%) · Texas (no state income tax) · New Mexico (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax)

To Oklahoma from the states next to Vermont

New York · New Hampshire · Massachusetts

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