State Crime Lab Director pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000111
- Class code
- 32000111
- Pay group
- NC24
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for State Crime Lab Director is $87,740 to $171,095 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000111.
- 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 administrative work in directing the Crime Laboratory in the Department of Justice. The employee is responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising all activities of the Crime Laboratory including: Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Digital/Latent Evidence, Forensic Biology, DNA Database, Physical Evidence, Drug Chemistry/Toxicology, Evidence Control, Logistical Unit, the Western Lab, the Triangle Lab, continued compliance with accreditation by Forensic Quality Services and the American Society of Crime Lab Directors - Lab Accreditation Board, the acquisition and implementation of grants, the oversight of all budgets, and completion of special projects assigned by the Attorney General. The laboratory conducts scientific examinations of physical evidence by processing and analyzing evidence from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of modern intelligence methods, procedures, and techniques applicable to criminal investigations. Thorough knowledge of the criminal laws of North Carolina, of the methods and procedures of criminal investigations. Thorough knowledge of management principles and techniques. Considerable knowledge of forensic biology, evidence control, firearms and tool marks, forensic chemistry, and latent, digital and trace evidence techniques. Considerable knowledge of the organization, function, and responsibilities of the criminal justice system. Ability to supervise and direct a large staff of forensic personnel in a, variety of specialties. Ability to formulate or initiate, and imple ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree preferably in the physical or biological sciences from an appropriately accredited institution and eight years of varied laboratory experience including three years in a supervisory or administrative role; or an equivalent combination of education 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.