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Marketing Director pay range

State of North Carolina · class code 32000431

$89,596 to $201,593 per year$89,596$201,593MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $145,594 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of North Carolina

Class code
32000431
Pay group
NC25
Pay unit
Year
State
North Carolina

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 managerial and administrative work in directing a division in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Employee plans, establishes, evaluates, and monitors division goals designed to meet departmental objectives in agri-business and/or regulatory consumer services. Work may include other duties as assigned. Divisions include the State Fair and Marketing. State Fair This is administrative and supervisory work in directing activities at the North Carolina State Fair complex, including the facility operations on a year-round basis. Employee plans, organizes, and directs the preparation and operation of the annual State Fair, negotiates contracts for entertainment, exhibits, concessions, and special services, and supervises the awarding of premiums.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

State Fair: (i) Considerable knowledge of the agricultural industry in North Carolina. (ii) Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices relating to agricultural fairs. (iii) Thorough knowledge of business administration and managerial principles. (iv) Ability to organize and direct diversified activities at the State Fair complex. (v) Ability to develop both short-term and long-range plans for the improvement and expansion of State Fairgrounds, facilities, and services. (vi) Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form. (vii) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of individuals and groups. Marketing: (i) Thorough knowledge of the ...

Minimum qualifications

State Fair: Bachelor's degree in business administration, agriculture, marketing, or a related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of experience in the planning, organizing, and directing of a major facility or program; or an equivalent combination or education and experience. Marketing: Bachelor's degree in agricultural marketing or agricultural economics, crop science, animal science, horticulture, or a related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and eight years of experience in agricultural marketing with three of those 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.

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Marketing Director in other states

StateMinimumMaximumPer year at full time
Arkansas$85,943$127,195$85,943 to $127,195
Florida$87,022$283,162$87,022 to $283,162

Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.

All North Carolina classifications