Psychologist Senior pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000677
- Class code
- 32000677
- Pay group
- MH20
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Psychologist Senior is $82,857 to $136,714 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000677.
- 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 class recognizes the responsibility for providing direct psychological services at a high level of clinical expertise. Employees serve as experts in performing advanced testing, assessment, and treatment of complex behavioral, emotional, and learning disorders independently. This level also recognizes expert consultative work within the area of psychological services. Duties may include providing quality control monitoring, clinical training, and applied research. Duties may also include coordinating or supervising a small program or sub-unit and/or acting as a lead over professionals other than psychologists. Some employees may serve in specialty practice areas such as forensic psychology, geropsychology, and neuropsychology providing advanced and specialized psychological services, consultation, training and research.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Basic knowledge of the NC Psychology Practice Act and amendments Working knowledge of the NC Psychology Board's administrative rules and NC Juvenile Code and HIPPA Working knowledge of the Protection of the Abused, Neglected, or Exploited Disabled Adult Act; and the American Psychological Association and other applicable codes Thorough knowledge of the theories and practices of the field of psychology including human behavior, learning theory, and development throughout the life span Thorough knowledge of the range of the special needs of the emotionally and socially distressed, learning disabled, handicapped, and disadvantaged Thorough knowledge of causes and effects of atypical and disrupt ...
Minimum qualifications
Eligibility for licensure in North Carolina under the provisions of the NC Psychology Practice Act (G.S. 90270) and two years of professional psychological experience, one of which must be postdoctoral. Refer to the law for specifics regarding experience requirements. <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.