OSHA Industrial Hygienist I pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001000
- Class code
- 32001000
- Pay group
- NC17
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for OSHA Industrial Hygienist I is $60,881 to $106,544 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001000.
- 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
Positions provide professional level work industrial hygiene work with the objective of protecting and improving the health and well-being of workers in vocational environments. Work involves enforcement, consultation, and training/education for industrial officials and employees to detect occupational health and safety hazards as stipulated by the extensive Federal Code and supplemental State standards for the full range of occupational areas covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and its subsequent amendments and they can provide consultative safety and health program assistance to private employers, state and local governments subject to the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, and its subsequent amendments. Positions enforcing compliance conduct programmed and un-programmed inspections and investigations of covered workplaces in NC.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Knowledge of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Knowledgeable of industrial processes and potential occupational hazards. Working knowledge of organic and inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and industrial toxicology in order to determine the severity of a hazardous situation and the dangers of worker overexposure. Basic understanding of physiology is needed. Considerable knowledge of industrial processes, potential occupational health hazards and industrial hygiene sampling techniques is required. Thorough knowledge of sampling techniques and procedures in order to maintain a sufficient chain of evidence is required, with the ability to prove hazards in hearings or in court. Some unders ...
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in industrial hygiene with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, or a closely related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution; or Bachelor's degree in chemistry, physics, industrial hygiene, mechanical engineering, or a closely related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of experience in industrial hygiene inspections; or an equivalent combination of training 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.