Agricultural Commodity Inspection Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 568L
- Class code
- 568L
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Agricultural Commodity Inspection Supervisor is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 568L.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
This is the supervisory level of the series. Positions apply expert knowledge of commodity inspection and assigned geographic area to plan and coordinate the inspection activities of staff. Supervises assigned staff, monitors work and quality of inspections conducted.
Examples of the work
Supervises and trains lower level Agricultural Commodity Inspection staff; Plans, coordinates, and organizes workload; makes work assignments to inspectors; supervises inspection of fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure compliance with state and federal quality and condition regulations; Trains, coaches and mentors staff; Develops and implements staff initial training, re-training programs and continual refresher trainings; Ensures a safe working environment for all staff by following up on safety concerns and injury/accident reports; organizes and leads staff safety meeting monthly; Ensures all employees under their supervision comply with Federal Cooperative Agreement, Quality Manual, Qual ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree with major study in agronomy or closely allied field, AND One year of experience leading or supervising within an agricultural environment, AND Four years of experience performing inspections within a state fruit and vegetable inspection office or in the fruit and vegetable industry related to processing, marketing and testing; OR Four years of experience in a seed testing laboratory or in seed industry production, processing, marketing, and testing. Equivalent education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Special requirements
Positions require all United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) licenses applicable to assigned program area(s), including Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), AMS-FV200 license for Supervisory Work, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Authorized Certification Official (ACO) an ...
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.