Cosmetic Arts Inspector pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000938
- Class code
- 32000938
- Pay group
- NC10
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Cosmetic Arts Inspector is $43,267 to $75,718 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000938.
- 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 work to protect the public by Governing and regulating the practice of Cosmetology, Esthetics, Manicuring, and Natural Hair Care in the State of North Carolina. This includes inspections of cosmetology, esthetics, manicuring and natural hair cares schools and salons to ensure sanitary conditions prevail to protect the public and that only properly licensed professionals are performing services. This includes inspections of licensing and financial records; investigating complaints, recommending corrective actions, recommendation of withholding of licenses; and issuing civil penalties.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of environmental health laws, rules and procedures, communicable diseases and institutional sanitation. Working knowledge of inspection methods and investigation techniques as applied in environmental health. Working knowledge of cosmetology salon operations and ability to gain working knowledge of Esthetics. Manicuring and Natural Hair Care salon operations. Ability to train salon owners and school operators of correct practices to insure that they meet inspection and sanitary requirements Ability to know how to tactfully handle and investigate complaints
Minimum qualifications
High School or General Education Development (GED) diploma and four years of experience as a licensed cosmetologist including experience as a salon owner or manager; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Licensed as a Cosmetologist in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners <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.