Youth Development Center Program Manager pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001136
- Class code
- 32001136
- Pay group
- NC14
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Youth Development Center Program Manager is $52,592 to $92,036 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001136.
- 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 a member of the management team and participate in determining institution-wide goals and objectives at youth development centers. These residential facilities are the most restrictive, intensive dispositional option available to North Carolina's juvenile courts. Positions have primary responsibility for managing treatment programs, including but not limited to: residential services, psychological services, social work services, medical services, substance abuse services, recreation, and transition services. Positions manage the development center resources and personnel.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of management and administrative techniques. Thorough knowledge of comprehensive programming for delinquent youth. Thorough knowledge of statewide resources available to youth. Thorough knowledge of juvenile law. Skill in administering a complex treatment program, and directing the work of professional and paraprofessional employees. Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to relate with population served, their families, variety of professional and paraprofessional staff, and diverse public and private interest groups.
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in human services or business area, such as psychology, social work, education, business administration, public administration or criminology from an appropriately accredited institution, and three years of professional experience in treatment programming for youth, one year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or Bachelor's degree in one of the above areas from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience as specified above, one 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.