Commodity Grader III pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000061
- Class code
- 32000061
- Pay group
- NC06
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Commodity Grader III is $35,596 to $62,294 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000061.
- 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 08/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and technical work in the commodity grading in the largest, more complex poultry, poultry products and shell egg plants, or advanced grading work in classifying red meats or numerous horticultural products in the Marketing Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Employees perform supervisory and technical grading work in the larger, complex plants, serve as grader-in-charge of poultry or egg plants with a variety of processing and production operations and multiple contract specifications. Work involves the training and supervision of several graders, maintaining equipment used, maintaining and reviewing records, and dealing with plant management.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of USDA standards, principles, and procedures for grading agricultural commodities in the area of assignment. Thorough knowledge of commodity processing procedures and sanitation standards as applied to the determination of a grade. Thorough knowledge of equipment calibration and use in the area of assignment. Ability to recruit, train, and supervise employees in sample pulling, grading procedures, and equipment use. Ability to make uniform and constant decisions in assigning and certifying commodity grades. Ability to maintain effective working relationships with plant management, producers, shippers, receivers, co-workers, and others. Ability to complete required forms, ...
Minimum qualifications
High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and three years of closely related work experience including two years of experience in grading the commodities of the plant or station to which assigned; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Related work may include commodity grading, farming, quality control, working in a processing plant in the area of assignment, food service, grocery, and manufacturing.
Special requirements
Ability to obtain licensure by USDA for commodities grader; possession of a valid state driver's license. <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.