Sign Language Interpreting Specialist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000400
- Class code
- 32000400
- Pay group
- NC15
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Sign Language Interpreting Specialist is $55,221 to $96,639 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000400.
- 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 in this class provide direct interpreting services for staff and eligible consumers served by other agencies and organizations. Position determines the level of service required and coordinates interpreting services for staff or consumers based on assessed need. Position provides consultation and technical assistance to consumers and agencies relative to communication access; positions make referrals on communication access resources and services for the client population to include interpreters, service providers, schools, and community members.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of the various types of communication access accommodations. Working knowledge of State and Federal laws as they relate to communication access. Working knowledge of community agencies that provide essential human services. Thorough knowledge of deafness, deaf culture, American Sign Language, interpreting practices and processing models (long term memory, short term memory, visualization, monitoring, language fluency, evaluation, assessment, etc.). Ability to monitor, assess and evaluate interpreting skills of others and skills in mentoring techniques. Skills in both sign to voice and voice to sign and ability to communicate clearly in writing, orally, and in sign language. ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in an interpreter training program from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of professional interpreting experience in a community, business, or government program; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
If applicable as defined by GS 90D, meets the requirements for licensure as determined by the North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board. <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.