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State Crime Lab Director pay range

State of North Carolina · class code 32000111

$87,740 to $171,095 per year$87,740$171,095MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $129,418 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of North Carolina

Class code
32000111
Pay group
NC24
Pay unit
Year
State
North Carolina

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.

Nearby classes in North Carolina

Special Operations Director $92,543 to $166,576State Demographer $87,740 to $171,095Chief Toxicologist $87,740 to $171,095Environmental Program Manager II $87,740 to $171,095State Forester $87,740 to $171,095Conservation Mgmt Administrator $87,740 to $171,095Comm Corr Director $87,740 to $171,095Engineering Manager I $87,740 to $171,095

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