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Wage and Hour Supervisor pay range

State of North Carolina · class code 32001276

$47,703 to $83,479 per year$47,703$83,479MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $65,591 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of North Carolina

Class code
32001276
Pay group
NC12
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 10/2022.

What the state says the job is

Work in this class involves the supervision, coordination, administration, and management of professional employees engaged in enforcing and implementing the provisions of the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act, Medical Payment Law, Controlled Substance Examination Regulation Act, Private Personnel Services Act, the E-Verify Act and Expunction Law. Wage and Hour Supervisors are responsible for one of two geographic districts in North Carolina. Employees supervise a staff of investigators engaged in investigating complaints, educating, and informing employers and employees of their rights, participating in statewide non-compliant industry reviews, and where noncompliance is substantiated, taking corrective action in the form of conciliation, administrative proceedings, civil money penalties and lawsuits.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Thorough 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. Ability to supervise, train and function as a resource for lower-level investigators located in field offices throughout the district. Ability to plan, coordinate and conduct audit activities of a diverse staff throughout a large district. Ability to review all information prepared by investigators on contested cases for final appeal decisions and prepare final decisions. Ability ...

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting or law enforcement from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of experience in private or public employment with public administration, business management or labor relations, or in similar compliance work, preferably including at least three years of experience as a Wage Hour Investigator and two years of supervisory or administrative experience, 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.

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