Wage and Hour Investigator I pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001274
- Class code
- 32001274
- Pay group
- NC08
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Wage and Hour Investigator I is $39,244 to $68,679 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001274.
- 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 10/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional investigative and consultative work in the enforcement of the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act which includes laws governing minimum wage, overtime, payment of promised wages, and youth employment. Employees, located in a geographic district in North Carolina or the Intake and Compliance Unit, educate and inform employers and employees of their rights, investigate employee complaints, participate in statewide non-compliant industry reviews and where non-compliance is substantiated, take corrective action in the form of conciliation, administrative proceedings, civil money penalties and lawsuits.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of the legal aspects of administering the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act as related to Attorney General's rulings, State and Supreme Court rulings on wage and hour issues, and as applied to the authority of the investigator to subpoena records and conduct audits. Considerable knowledge of the types of businesses subject to the provision of the Wage and Hour Act and an understanding of the types of wages paid to employees of these businesses.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, accounting or law enforcement from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in work that provides considerable understanding of wage and hour laws or work involving the application of advanced investigative techniques, auditing, case management; 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.