General Utility Worker pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000789
- Class code
- 32000789
- Pay group
- NC01
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for General Utility Worker is $31,200 to $48,810 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000789.
- 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 manual work involved in the upkeep of highways, grounds, buildings, and equipment. Positions perform a variety of physical labor tasks requiring some knowledge and experience in their particular work assignments. Duties performed are below the semi-skilled or sub-journey level. Work is performed with only general supervision in repetitive and routine assignments and may be closely supervised when assisting higher-level trades worker in performing more complex work.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Basic knowledge of the application of trade skills to the duties assigned. Skill in the use and care of equipment and tools used in performing work assignments. Ability to follow oral work assignments. Physical strength sufficient to move relatively heavy objects and to work at heavy manual tasks for considerable periods of time.
Minimum qualifications
Education and/or experience in the performance of a variety of manual tasks that is directly related to the job and consistent with accepted practices of the trade equivalent to one year of 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.