Youth Development Center Director pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001135
- Class code
- 32001135
- Pay group
- NC16
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Youth Development Center Director is $57,983 to $101,470 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001135.
- 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
Positions function as top administrator/manager at Youth Development Centers, which are long term residential facilities that house juveniles due to court orders. Positions are responsible for fiscal operations, support services, personnel, and long range planning. Work includes supervisory responsibility for employees in the facility and accountability for the quality of services provided and to ensure a safe and secure environment for the juveniles and staff.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration, adolescent development and behavior, dynamics of juvenile delinquency, group norms, family dysfunction, juvenile court program, juvenile laws, regulations and guidelines which govern the program. Considerable knowledge of North Carolina Juvenile Law. Considerable knowledge of comprehensive programming of delinquent youth. Considerable knowledge of the management concepts, techniques and human resource development aspects of program management. Considerable knowledge of the principles of administration involved in operating a juvenile facility.
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in a human services or business area such as education, psychology, social work, business administration, public administration or criminology from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of professional experience in treatment programming for youth, two years of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; or Bachelor's degree in one of the above areas from an appropriately accredited institution and six years of experience as specified above, three of which should have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Applicants for positions designated as Juvenile Justice Officers are subject to and must meet the hiring and training standards established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, as defined in Title 12, Chapter 9 of the NC Administrative Code, by the statutory authority of GS 17C. <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.