Behavioral Programming Technician pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000338
- Class code
- 32000338
- Pay group
- NC02
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Behavioral Programming Technician is $31,200 to $51,249 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000338.
- 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 provide technical paraprofessional support in the behavioral programming portion of a total habilitation plan for individuals with one or more disabilities. Employees support students/residents by monitoring specific behaviors and provide training to increase adaptive and pro-social behaviors. Work includes providing base line assessments of behavior through observational recordings in various settings (classrooms, living areas, and other locations); utilizing training techniques established from a library of options; recommending design components or changes for training programs; and collecting and analyzing data on cause and effects, triggers, behavioral patterns, likes, interests, and effectiveness of prescribed interventions. Employees identify and recommend behavioral goals, reinforcers and reinforcement intervals to the Psychologist.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of characteristics of population served. Considerable knowledge of practical application of behavior management techniques. Considerable knowledge of practical application of task analysis and goal writing. Skills in observing, evaluating, and recording behavior, its causations and effects. Skills in providing instructions to population served. Ability to quickly assess a situation, and make corrective steps to ensure safety. Ability to establish rapport and relate to population served, their families, and a variety of service disciplines (social workers, doctors, psychologists, teachers, and nurses).
Minimum qualifications
Associate degree in mental health or child development program from an appropriately accredited institution which includes a six-months practicum/internship in a similar setting and one year of the above experience (one year of the above experience may be substituted for the practicum); or High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and three years of instruction experience, two years of which must have been in instructional work requiring goal writing and application of behavioral management techniques at the level equivalent to the Educational/ Developmental Assistant or Health Care Technician; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum Education and ...
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.