Market News Supervisor pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000429
- Class code
- 32000429
- Pay group
- NC14
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Market News Supervisor is $52,592 to $92,036 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000429.
- 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 administrative and supervisory work in directing the Market News Reporting Program in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The North Carolina Market News office collects, analyzes, and disseminates essential marketing information for producers, consumers, shippers, wholesalers, retailers, exporters, and importers regarding the sale and purchase of fruits and vegetables, livestock, grain, poultry, and eggs nationally and internationally. Price and trend information is disseminated by means of radio, newspapers, the Market News web site, telephone, commodity associations, direct mailings, and trade publications. Employee is responsible for determining program needs, planning work efforts, directing work operations, projecting and monitoring budgets, and managing personnel. Work may include other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of the principles of agricultural economics. Considerable knowledge of North Carolina products and their users. Thorough knowledge of the principles involved in the producing, processing and marketing of agricultural products. Ability to organize a program, supervise and direct the work of a staff. Ability to analyze and interpret economic, trade, and technical data and to draw valid conclusions from this material. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations among trade associations, farm groups, state and USDA officials, and the agricultural industry in general.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree with a major in agricultural economics, crop science, animal science, or a related agricultural curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of experience in market news reporting or agricultural marketing; 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.