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Moving from Washington to Wyoming for work

What moves with you from Washington to Wyoming: 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

Neither Washington nor Wyoming taxes wages, so the move changes nothing on the state line of your paycheck.

SalaryWashington state taxWyoming state taxDifference a year
$40,000$0$0$0
$60,000$0$0$0
$90,000$0$0$0

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 Washington: no tax on wages; a 7% tax on large capital gains and a payroll premium for long-term care. Property and sales tax are not in it.

CNA: Washington to Wyoming

Transfers by reciprocity. Your Washington certificate stays on the Washington State Department of Health, Nursing Assistant Certified program; to work in Wyoming you apply to the Wyoming State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant program 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: Washington to Wyoming

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

Electrician: Washington to Wyoming

Reciprocity likely. Wyoming licenses electricians at state level through the Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, and reciprocity with the western group of states for journeymen licensed by exam. Your Washington licence comes from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: Washington to Wyoming

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

No statewide program in Wyoming 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 Wyoming

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

Your own route from Washington to Wyoming

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CNA: Washington to Wyoming · RN or LPN: Washington to Wyoming · Electrician: Washington to Wyoming · Truck driver: Washington to Wyoming

From Washington to the states next to Wyoming

Montana (progressive, top rate 5.9%) · South Dakota (no state income tax) · Nebraska (progressive, top rate 5.2%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Utah (flat 4.5% state income tax) · Idaho (flat 5.3% state income tax)

To Wyoming from the states next to Washington

Oregon · Idaho

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