Environmental Division Director pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32002483
- Class code
- 32002483
- Pay group
- NC25
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Environmental Division Director is $89,596 to $201,593 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32002483.
- 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 executive work managing the operations of an environmental division with the Department of Environmental Quality or a grouping of organizations within the department established by the Secretary as having division status. Employees perform technical and administrative work directing managerial, professional, and support staff in the planning, coordination and oversight of activities for a statewide environmental program(s). The work involves; providing leadership and broad direction governing short and long term planning; setting division goals; establishing and implementing program goals and objectives to meet legislated, agency or division requirements; overseeing work activities of subordinate subunits within the division; and coordinating with other Division Directors or executive agency staff to resolve Internal resource allocation and program integration issues.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of management principles, techniques, and practices pertaining to administration of a statewide air, coastal management, land resource, water, air, waste management, energy or related environmental or natural resource management programs. Thorough knowledge of departmental philosophies and policies concerning the administration of an environmental a statewide air, coastal management, energy land resource, water, air, waste management, or related environmental or natural resource management programs. Thorough knowledge of federal and state environmental laws and regulations pertaining to division activities. Ability to: exercise sound judgment in analyzing situations and ma ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in one of the agricultural, biological, engineering, environmental or natural resource sciences or a closely related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and eight years of progressive experience in environmental work including three years in a supervisory capacity; 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.