Medical Laboratory Supervisor III pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000614
- Class code
- 32000614
- Pay group
- MH20
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Medical Laboratory Supervisor III is $82,857 to $136,714 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000614.
- 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 supervisory and administrative work in directing a large, diversified, and procedurally extensive and complex medical laboratory. Employees are responsible for coordinating, compiling and evaluating projected long-range goals and objectives. Employees develop and implement policies and procedures; organize laboratory workflows, equipment and space; coordinate personnel functions; evaluate and develop all aspects of new services, in-service training and formal instruction of students. Employees work with the implementation of laboratory computerization, quality control and accreditation standards. Work may include other related duties as assigned by management. This level of work is distinguished from the Medical Laboratory Supervisor II by the larger size and scope of the laboratory, the diversity and complexity of procedures, and managerial and administrative accountability.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of supervisory and management functions. Considerable knowledge of laboratory instrumentation. Considerable knowledge of professional and accreditation standards. Thorough knowledge of the assigned area of medical technology. Thorough knowledge of quality assurance and quality control standards. Thorough knowledge of the hazards of working with potentially infectious materials and the appropriate precautions to take to avoid infection. Ability to supervise and conduct management functions. Ability to analyze and resolve administrative and technical problems.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in medical technology, chemistry, or a biological science from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in a laboratory in the assigned area, two of which is in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Must be capable of meeting the Federal CLIA'88 personnel requirements for a technical supervisor in a laboratory performing high complexity testing. <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.