Behavioral Programming Specialist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000337
- Class code
- 32000337
- Pay group
- NC04
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Behavioral Programming Specialist is $32,287 to $56,502 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000337.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Positions in this class coordinate the individual behavior programming portion of the total habilitation plan for individuals/residents in a developmental center. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, employees participate in planning an individual's total habilitation plan and provide consultation and resources to staff and family members regarding training/treatment programs, behavior management, program development, and other areas. Employees use standardized tests and measurements, staff interviews and direct observation techniques to assess the adaptive, developmental and/or social behavioral level of individuals/residents and provide evaluations of an individual's adaptive, developmental, and/or social behaviors, behavior program development, program implementation, and program monitoring.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of federal, state, and local provisions, regulations, and standards regarding behavioral programming processes. Considerable knowledge of learning theory and behavior modification and application of these to the population. Considerable knowledge of tests and measurements needed in developing behavior modification programs, and practical application of adaptive, developmental, and social behavior assessments, goal writing, and program implementation. Considerable knowledge of the principles and techniques of working with the individuals who are intellectually disabled. Skill in observing, recording, and evaluating adaptive, social, and/or developmental behavior among popula ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in psychology including coursework in behavior modification from an appropriately accredited institution; or Bachelor's degree in child development, social work, education, nursing, or closely related degree including coursework in behavior modification from an appropriately accredited institution and six months of experience in a developmental center or developmental disability setting; or Associate's degree in human services area from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience providing assessment of adaptive developmental and social behavior, goal writing, collecting and interpreting behavioral data, and developing and implementing behavior modif ...
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.