Microbiologist Manager pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000103
- Class code
- 32000103
- Pay group
- NC22
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Microbiologist Manager is $75,925 to $148,054 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000103.
- 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, supervisory and advanced technical work in directing a multi-section Microbiology Laboratory (dealing with food, feed, pesticides, cosmetics, and drug testing) in the Department of Agriculture. Under primarily administrative and limited technical supervision, employee plans, directs and organizes the evaluation of food, feed and pesticides that are produced, processed or marketed in the state to ensure that they are microbiologically safe and are of the quality claimed by the producers.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of microbiology and microbiol ecology, physiology, metabolism, immunology and serology as related to the areas of work. Thorough knowledge of standard and advanced microbiological evaluation techniques and procedures. Thorough knowledge of contemporary laboratory automation and equipment. Thorough knowledge of epidemiological principles during food-borne investigations. Considerable knowledge of the state laws and regulations pertinent to the regulatory microbiological work being performed. Ability to plan, organize and direct a comprehensive program of microbiological evaluation of consumer commodities. Ability to interpret and evaluate laboratory findings and to make val ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in microbiology, food science or a related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution supplemented by one year of graduate study and three years of progressive laboratory experience; 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.