Conservation Biologist Supervisor pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000065
- Class code
- 32000065
- Pay group
- NC20
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Conservation Biologist Supervisor is $70,478 to $123,336 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000065.
- 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 12/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and supervisory work over a field unit involved in wildlife (aquatic, marine, and terrestrial) culture, wildlife management, habitat management, forestry, field and laboratory research, disease management, wildlife management, commercial or recreational fishing industry enhancement, and access (such as game land or waterways access) management. Work addresses the health, stability, restoration, and control of populations of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and their habitats. Work involves the technical and administrative supervision of a unit of professional biologists and technicians who may be located in work locations remote from the employee. Employee recruits new employees, evaluates, coaches, develops and performs other supervisory functions for those supervised.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of supervising the planning, organizing, and directing of biological studies involving wildlife or fisheries management, thorough knowledge of biological statistics, scientific principles, sampling techniques, GIS technology, and computerized data analysis and thorough knowledge of biological principles and management practices as applied to marine or estuarine biology, and wildlife and fisheries management. Thorough knowledge of state and federal laws pertaining to supervision including FLSA, OSHA, USERRA, ADA, and EEO, thorough knowledge of taxonomic identification procedures, field and laboratory techniques, and the operation of sampling and laboratory equipment and tho ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in wildlife or fisheries management,, fisheries science, zoology or a biological science from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and 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.