Chemistry Manager I pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000051
- Class code
- 32000051
- Pay group
- NC22
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Chemistry Manager I is $75,925 to $148,054 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000051.
- 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
This is supervisory, administrative and advanced professional work in directing a large, complex laboratory or section engaged in both standardized and non-standardized testing for a wide variety of substances. Employees direct, review and evaluate the work of subordinates; and develop and make major adjustments and modifications to methods, procedures, schedules, assignments and project priorities. Employees normally perform some of the more complex, controversial or advanced work of their laboratory or section, while devoting the majority of their time to administrative duties. Employees function as the technical expert of their laboratory and normally make most of the final technical decisions. Work includes testifying in court or at hearings as a technical expert, and determining the kind of extent of analysis required to solve a problem.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of the principles, concepts, theories, reference sources and laboratory applications of chemistry and other related sciences. Advanced knowledge of the laws, regulations and agency policies governing area of responsibility. Considerable knowledge of scientific methodology and of laboratory safety practices. Ability to supervise and evaluate the work of chemists and chemistry technicians. Ability to independently perform the most complex standardized, non-standardized and developmental laboratory procedures; to analyze results; interpret and develop methodology; and to understand and solve the most complex theoretical problems. Ability to review and express technical inform ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in chemistry from an appropriately accredited institution and six years of progressive chemistry laboratory experience including at least one year supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience. <h2
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.