Medicolegal Death Investigator Manager pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32006227
- Class code
- 32006227
- Pay group
- MH17
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Medicolegal Death Investigator Manager is $66,696 to $110,049 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32006227.
- 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 12/2025.
What the state says the job is
Positions in this class manage the uniformity, coordination, and quality of medicolegal death investigations conducted by appointed Medical Examiners (ME) and Medicolegal Death Investigators following principles and guidelines established by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). Positions direct medicolegal death investigation related work, exercise the full range of managerial functions to include performance management, talent acquisition, training, planning, organizing, directing, and delegating. Managers direct medicolegal instructors statewide and/or diverse medicolegal work units. Positions report to the Chief Medical Examiner or other OCME senior level manager and exercise considerable scope in the application of forensic science such as medicolegal investigations, instruction, regulation, or a related program area.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques required in the performance of medicolegal death investigations. Thorough knowledgeable of theory and literature in the field of medicolegal death investigations including statutes and rules related to death investigations. Intermediate knowledge of human anatomy and pathology and ability to understand and interpret medical and forensic information and terminology. Thorough knowledge in the collection, documentation, and reporting of information and inquiries regarding death scene evidence including the (RIME) report. Ability to make judgements of medicolegal significance and testify in court to defend findings that are legally soun ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in science (biology, chemistry, nursing, anthropology, forensic sciences, biochemistry, or related sciences field), or criminal justice from an appropriately accredited institution and a combination of six years in medicolegal death investigation, related supervisory or specialized (e.g., unidentified decedent, etc.) experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Requires appointment as an NC Medical Examiner within six months from time of hire.Certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigations (ABMDI). <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.