Agricultural Commodity Inspector 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 568G
- Class code
- 568G
- Salary range
- 36
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Agricultural Commodity Inspector 1 is $39,924 to $52,872 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 568G.
- 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 36 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 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 |
| Monthly | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 |
| Hourly | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 |
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
Under close supervision, performs paraprofessional level duties to inspect, grade and certify one (1) fruit commodity at shipping point for domestic and foreign market; OR conducts field inspections for up to three (3) seed plant commodities to identify seed plant and pest diseases in accordance with seed certification and phytosanitary requirements.
Examples of the work
Selects and inspects samples of fresh fruit at shipping points; Interprets and applies U.S. standards and country work plan requirements for the assigned commodity; Inspects for a wide variety of quality factors such as color, blemishes, shape, mechanical damage, and evidence of insect and/or disease; inspects for condition of product as to factors of maturity/firmness/freshness and presence and degree of latent condition defects occurring subsequent to grading and packing. Identifies and distinguishes between quality and condition defects and the varying degree of the defect; Rejects inspection lots when product is out of grade tolerance.
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or GED. Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
Positions within the Department of Agriculture, Fruit and Vegetable Program require USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) licensure and USDA-AMS FV200 certification to inspect one (1) commodity. There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification.
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.