Publ Hlth Scientist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000109
- Class code
- 32000109
- Pay group
- NC20
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Publ Hlth Scientist is $70,478 to $123,336 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000109.
- 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 11/2023.
What the state says the job is
Position is responsible for developing and performing a variety of highly complex and advanced laboratory diagnostic work to identify etiologic causes, disease agents, abnormalities, and other factors associated with human disease and pathogenesis. Position provides professional, diagnostic, and technical direction for laboratory assay method development, implementation, quality assurance, technical training, problem assessment, and routine maintenance of cutting-edge diagnostic techniques in a variety of public health laboratory fields (including bacteriology, virology, serology, parasitology, mycology, mycobacteriology, medical genetics, and environmental health sciences).
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, protein chemistry, nucleic acid amplification, cell isolation, and medical genomics principles Ability to conduct independent, applied research to optimize detection of a variety of analyses using state-of-the art techniques and tools Experience with good laboratory practice (GLP), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and other regulatory agency requirements, and laboratory quality management systems Expertise in interpreting analytical results, assessing quality control measurements, and consultation with program managers, clinicians, public health professionals, and laboratory scientists Ability to compile scie ...
Minimum qualifications
Doctoral degree in molecular biology, medical genetics, microbiology, immunology, analytical chemistry, or a related laboratory field from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of clinical laboratory or research experience; or Master's degree in molecular biology, medical genetics, microbiology, immunology, analytical chemistry, or a related laboratory field from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of clinical laboratory or research experience; or Bachelor's degree in degree in molecular biology, medical genetics, microbiology, immunology, analytical chemistry, or a related laboratory field from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of clinic ...
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.