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Correctional Administrator I pay range

State of North Carolina · class code 32002480

$70,627 to $137,724 per year$70,627$137,724MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $104,176 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of North Carolina

Class code
32002480
Pay group
NC21
Pay unit
Year
State
North Carolina

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

Work in this class involves planning, directing, and coordination of multiple correctional operations/programs including custody, administration, and programs. Positions are part of Adult Corrections prison management team. Employees are located centrally and have oversight over multiple programmatic duties that affect prisons, such as: developing and maintaining Prison policies and procedures, security programs and audits, specialized operational teams such as SORT, PERT, and SERT, diagnostic services, security services, staff training, programmatic services, inmate classification, inmate discipline, and inmate transfer. Employees participate in the long rang organizational planning of prisons, to include the development of new and revised policies and procedures.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Thorough knowledge of inmate custody and program management within a correctional setting Thorough knowledge of inmate custody practices and procedures to include knowledge of inmate rehabilitation Thorough knowledge of the principles of administration involved in managing state correctional operations/programs Thorough knowledge of restrictive housing policies and procedures, including placement, continuation, promotion, and release from restrictive housing Thorough knowledge of security threat groups Thorough knowledge of effective management and supervision practices Skill in motivating, coaching, and leading employees Skill in effective verbal and written communication Skill in writing, ...

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of supervisory, administrative, or consultative experience in corrections or related work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special requirements

Must be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission. <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.

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