Ago Senior Investigator/Analyst pay range
State of Washington · class code 429D
- Class code
- 429D
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Ago Senior Investigator/Analyst is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 429D.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 66 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). 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.
What the state says the job is
Investigates the most high profile, politically sensitive, multi-jurisdictional or multi-state cases that can have national interest, extensive media coverage or political attention. Investigations involve vulnerable adult abuse and neglect; homicides, rapes, and other violent crimes; sexually violent predator offenses; Medicaid fraud involving joint investigations and task forces; high-level, multi-state consumer protection cases; tort claims and lawsuits brought under theories of liability for state actions. Prepares written reports documenting case findings and conclusions, and consults with the litigation/prosecution team on case strategy throughout trial.
Examples of the work
Serves as a liaison, handling matters of the utmost sensitivity between the AGO and significant community, government, or industry stakeholders, including: business leaders, legal services, industry associations, law firms, legislative staff, other government agencies and community organizations; Investigates cases having extreme sensitivity due to high profile nature of issues and/or persons involved, possible political impacts, and/or elevated media interest; these special investigative assignments are made at the division chief level or above to specific investigative staff based on experience and subject matter expertise, and are not of the routine nature customarily assigned to an inves ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions require a Bachelor’s degree and ten years of experience conducting investigations, which include the authority to independently plan and conduct investigations in civil or criminal cases. Additional qualifying investigative experience may substitute year for year for education. Applicants may be required to go through an extensive background check and may be required to have a valid driver’s license. OR Five years experience as an AGO Investigator/Analyst.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.