Agricultural Commodity Inspector 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 568K
- Class code
- 568K
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Agricultural Commodity Inspector 4 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 568K.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 senior, specialist, or lead worker level of the series. Positions inspect, grade and certify all fruit and vegetable, or seed commodities within their assigned region; serve as an Authorized Certification Official; and reviews industry stakeholders’ preventative controls for compliance with food safety standards, marketing work plans, and certification standards.
Examples of the work
Conducts sampling functions at the established quota rate; Certifies various treatments such as cold and chlorine treatments for control of insect and disease infestation; Performs inspections of fruits and/or vegetables for insurance companies or other financially interested parties to establish amount of damage or loss due to fire, equipment failure, or other causes for the purpose of providing information useful in making monetary settlements or marketing decisions; performs audits of controlled atmosphere storage licensees' records regarding temperatures, numbers of days in storage, air components, and minimum or maximum levels of oxygen content of the storage atmosphere; certifies compl ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree with major study in agronomy or closely allied field, AND Two 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 Two years of experience in a seed testing laboratory or in seed industry production, processing, marketing, and testing.
Special requirements
All positions require United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services - Authorized Certification Official (APHIS-ACO) licensure.
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.