Substance Abuse Counselor, Clinical pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000408
- Class code
- 32000408
- Pay group
- NC12
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Substance Abuse Counselor, Clinical is $47,703 to $83,479 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000408.
- 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 10/2021.
What the state says the job is
Employees are assigned to a state facility such as an area alcohol and drug abuse treatment center (ADATC), a state psychiatric hospital, a state developmental center, or a correctional facility. Employees are a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team and provide a wide range of advanced therapy and counseling skills so that treatment may be provided to clients with complex substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Cases may involve treatment of clients that have addictions to multiple substance(s), chronic mental illness, and/or psycho/social issues (e.g., community-related, family, marital, etc.). Employee uses complex and varied assessment and evaluation tools and in-depth therapeutic treatment methodologies. Treatment may include family and trauma-focused therapy. Considerable independence and judgment are used with selecting diagnostic tools and methods of treatment.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of psycho-pharmaceutical therapies and drug interactions. Considerable knowledge and practical application of advanced therapeutic approaches, group dynamics, and crisis intervention, family and trauma-focused therapy. Considerable knowledge of recovery-based community resources, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, etc. Considerable knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes, and their treatment as they relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical or psychological diagnoses. Thorough knowledge of the substance abuse addiction processes, including psychological and physical withdrawal. Skill i ...
Minimum qualifications
Licensed as a Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS) or as a Clinical Supervisor Intern (CSI) to practice under the provisions of the NC Addictions Specialist Professional Practice 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.