Grounds Worker II pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000794
- Class code
- 32000794
- Pay group
- NC03
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Grounds Worker II is $31,200 to $53,812 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000794.
- 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
Positions are responsible for the cultivation, maintenance and promotion of plants, turf or a plant collection in an assigned program or geographical area of an agency or university. Work includes: sowing, propagating, transplanting, fertilizing, and applying chemicals and water to the plants, turf or plant collection; installing new plant material following plans and/or approved horticultural/grounds practices and procedures; and maintaining the beds including pruning, weeding, mulching, fertilizing and spraying of plant material. Work may require knowledge of a unique and unusual collection of plants, which impact the cultivation, and maintenance of the plants. Maintains detailed records of plant species, including research on the design and maintenance of such plants.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of plant maintenance procedures used in landscape installation and grounds maintenance. Ability to observe plants and identify plants and plant problems. Ability to assess condition and health of plants. Ability to lift heavy materials and to perform manual tasks. Ability to operate heavy equipment. Ability to organize a work schedule, determine priorities, manage a crew, and maintain effective work relationships. Ability to follow oral and written instructions, and to maintain required records.
Minimum qualifications
High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and two years of progressive experience in horticultural work; or Associate's degree in agriculture and natural resources, greenhouse and grounds maintenance, horticulture technology, landscape gardening or closely related field from an appropriately accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
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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.