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These Raleigh-area NC jobs offer $100K+ and work from home perks. Here’s how to apply

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The state of North Carolina currently has over 1,000 job openings listed online. Some are entirely remote and offer six-figure salaries, and others have a work-from-home hybrid perk.

We combed through six-figure, remote-friendly offerings in Wake County, North Carolina right now.

If you’re searching for a new job, or if you’re just curious about the salaries some state employees are making these days, we’ve compiled some of the highest paying state jobs that are currently open (as of May 20) and listed on the state’s job postings site.

Below, you’ll find each job’s title, a description of the position and a link to the posting, where you can find more information about the job and apply. Be sure to inquire about residency requirements, as some remote jobs require employees to reside in-state.

All of the jobs’ posted salaries and recruitment ranges go up to six figures, but not all are guaranteed to pay over $100,000.

You can find the full, searchable list of all current openings at governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina.

To search for fully remote or hybrid jobs, filter selections to include remote options, including remote only, remote optional and flexible/hybrid.

Salary range: $85,000 - $205,000

Attorney IV for the Department of Commerce

  • Posted salary: $89,775 - $201,994
  • Recruitment range: $89,775 - $135,200
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position provides legal advice and representation to the executive director, members of the public staff and the consuming public in matters involving the rates and service of electric utilities, natural gas utilities, water and sewer utilities, communications service providers, ferry operators and movers of household goods.
  • Deadline: May 22

Salary range: $75,000 - $150,000

Attorney III, Criminal Appellate-Post Conviction for the Department of Justice

  • Posted salary: $84,878 - $148,537
  • Recruitment range: $84,878 to $100,179
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position prepares the State’s briefs in first degree murder cases, including capital cases and other complex criminal cases in the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
  • Deadline: May 30

Attorney III for the Department of the Secretary of State

  • Posted salary: $84,878.00 - $148,537
  • Recruitment range: $84,878 – $103,069
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position involves rule-making and providing advice on emerging issues in the areas of digital investment assets, athlete agents, business identity fraud and intellectual property fraud.
  • Deadline: June 5

State Dam Safety Engineering Supervisor III for the Department of Environmental Quality

  • Posted salary: $76,290 - $148,765
  • Recruitment range: $76,290 - $101,274
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position issues approvals/disapprovals of applications and appropriate compliance/enforcement actions, provides expert guidance in dam safety-related issues to division employees, other agencies and the general public and handles project development and staff training.
  • Deadline: May 22

Salary range: $80,000 - $125,000

Cybersecurity Tech Analyst for the Department of Public Safety

  • Posted salary: $81,500 - $122,250
  • Recruitment range: $81,500 - $101,000
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position serves as a technical expert within the North Carolina Emergency Management-Homeland Security Section Cyber Unit as well as the NC Joint Cybersecurity Task Force in an incident response capacity and on a day-to-day basis.

  • Deadline: May 30

Applications Systems Specialist for the Department of Information Technology

  • Posted salary: $81,500 - $122,250
  • Recruitment range: Up to $101,875
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position supports the management of drinking water data and submits required compliance data to EPA’s new Drinking Water State-Federal-Tribal Information Exchange System.
  • Deadline: May 21

SharePoint Administrator for the Department of Information Technology

  • Posted salary: $75,814 - $113,721
  • Recruitment range: Not listed
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position will be responsible for overseeing site access, creating and maintaining applications, developing dashboards and collaborating with and supporting end users in development and implementation of Microsoft 365 platform products.
  • Deadline: May 21

Salary range: $65,000 - $130,000

State Budget Management Analyst II for the Office of State Budget and Management

  • Posted salary: $66,016 - $128,731
  • Recruitment range: $80,000- $105,000
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position is primarily responsible for interpreting legislation and other governing language; developing and issuing budget policies and procedures; providing nonpartisan, accurate and timely fiscal/policy analysis; conducting quarterly reviews with agency leadership and more.
  • Deadline: Continuous

Supervisory Field Auditor for the Department of Revenue

  • Posted salary: $65,876 - $115,283
  • Recruitment range: Not listed. This is an internal posting only for current employees of the NC Department of Revenue.
  • Type: Flexible/Hybrid
  • Summary: This position acts at a supervisory level auditor who maintains oversight of a team’s overall audit program while also conducting their own audit program.
  • Deadline: May 20
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This story was originally published May 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM with the headline "These Raleigh-area NC jobs offer $100K+ and work from home perks. Here’s how to apply."

Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska
The News & Observer
Kimberly Tutuska (she/her) is the editor of North Carolina’s service journalism team. 
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