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Moving from West Virginia to Connecticut as a certified nursing assistant

What a certified nursing assistant licensed in West Virginia has to do to work in Connecticut, what the move does to your pay, and who in Connecticut is hiring from out of state.

Transfers by reciprocity. Your West Virginia certificate stays on the West Virginia Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification, Nurse Aide Registry; to work in Connecticut you apply to the Connecticut Department of Public 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.

What the move does to your paycheck

On a $60,000 salary Connecticut takes roughly $912 a year more than West Virginia does.

SalaryWest Virginia state taxConnecticut state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,350$1,957-$607
$60,000$2,024$2,936-$912
$90,000$3,037$4,404-$1,367

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: West Virginia to Connecticut

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

Electrician: West Virginia to Connecticut

Exam required. Connecticut licenses electricians through the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection and does not reciprocate with any state. Your West Virginia hours count toward eligibility, so get them certified in writing by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal, Electrician Licensing before you move and book the Connecticut exam early.

CDL: West Virginia to Connecticut

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

No statewide program in Connecticut 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.

Going the other way? West Virginia has Ascend West Virginia. See moving from Connecticut to West Virginia.

Openings filed in Connecticut

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

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RN or LPN: West Virginia to Connecticut · Electrician: West Virginia to Connecticut · Truck driver: West Virginia to Connecticut · All licences: West Virginia to Connecticut

From West Virginia to the states next to Connecticut

New York (progressive, top rate 10.9%) · Massachusetts (flat 5% state income tax) · Rhode Island (progressive, top rate 5.99%)

To Connecticut from the states next to West Virginia

Ohio · Pennsylvania · Maryland · Virginia · Kentucky

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