SBI Agent Associate pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000551
- Class code
- 32000551
- Pay group
- SW05
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for SBI Agent Associate is $48,920 to $78,271 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000551.
- 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 beginning level work investigating violations of the criminal laws of North Carolina. Employees are trained in drug or criminal investigations in assigned geographical areas. The emphasis of the work is in assuring that all steps in the investigation and arrest process are followed correctly. Actual investigative work is limited in complexity. Employees must work with higher level SBI Agents on more complex or unusual investigations. All work is closely supervised. Employees typically report to a SBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Ability to learn the methods, procedures, and practices used in the investigation of criminal offenses, and of the principles of securing and identifying a variety of crime related evidence. Ability to learn to investigate a variety of criminal cases, to interpret and apply criminal laws of North Carolina in investigations, make arrests, to prepare comprehensive and detailed reports pertaining to individual cases, to present effective court testimony, and apply the principles, techniques, and procedures of modern criminal investigations. Ability to learn to use firearms and tools and equipment involved in evidence collection and enforcement agencies and officers.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Applicant must successfully complete BLET Training and graduate from the next available SBI Academy and the SBI Field Training Program upon hire and meet any other applicable North Carolina state stator standards for law enforcement officers. <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.