Museum Curator Supervisor pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000714
- Class code
- 32000714
- Pay group
- NC09
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Museum Curator Supervisor is $41,206 to $72,113 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000714.
- 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 professional and supervisory work in the management, research, development, and maintenance of curatorial programs in a natural science museum, history museum, art museum, state park, and /or historic site. Employees plan, supervise, and coordinate the work of curators, technicians, and curatorial staff in a broad range of museum disciplines such as design, curation, collection, and education. Employees provide practical and technical input toward other phases of a museum's total program. Extensive research is conducted for program content and documentation. Employees may write and edit scientific research papers and articles. Employees may assist in developing a theoretical conceptualization for exhibits; supervision of other non-curatorial staff and/or directing the overall program.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of principles, practices of scientific research, procedures and requirements for scientific publication. Thorough knowledge of history, and/or natural history of North Carolina and thorough knowledge of history and material cultural. Thorough knowledge of standard museum practices regarding exhibition, conservation, collection, design, interpretation and education concepts and thorough knowledge of reference sources for historical materials and their uses. Skill in organizing projects and determining time frames for completion. Ability to plan and conduct original research in history or natural science specialty areas, and to prepare related scientific papers and inter ...
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in biology, education, history, museum studies, zoology, or a curriculum related to area of expertise from an appropriately accredited institution, and six years of experience in assigned specialty area, two of which must have been 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.