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Moving from West Virginia to Nebraska for work

What moves with you from West Virginia to Nebraska: 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 Nebraska takes roughly $160 a year more than West Virginia does.

SalaryWest Virginia state taxNebraska state taxDifference a year
$40,000$1,350$1,456-$106
$60,000$2,024$2,184-$160
$90,000$3,037$3,276-$239

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: West Virginia to Nebraska

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 Nebraska you apply to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 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: West Virginia to Nebraska

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

Electrician: West Virginia to Nebraska

Reciprocity likely. Nebraska licenses electricians at state level through the Nebraska State Electrical Division, and reciprocity with a list of states for journeymen who passed a comparable exam. Your West Virginia licence comes from the West Virginia State Fire Marshal, Electrician Licensing, a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.

CDL: West Virginia to Nebraska

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

  • Free building lots: a residential lot at no cost. For people who build a home in participating small towns (Curtis, Beatrice and others).

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

Openings filed in Nebraska

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

Your own route from West Virginia to Nebraska

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CNA: West Virginia to Nebraska · RN or LPN: West Virginia to Nebraska · Electrician: West Virginia to Nebraska · Truck driver: West Virginia to Nebraska

From West Virginia to the states next to Nebraska

South Dakota (no state income tax) · Iowa (flat 3.8% state income tax) · Missouri (progressive, top rate 4.7%) · Kansas (progressive, top rate 5.58%) · Colorado (flat 4.4% state income tax) · Wyoming (no state income tax)

To Nebraska from the states next to West Virginia

Ohio · Pennsylvania · Maryland · Virginia · Kentucky

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