Assistant State Auditor 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 156A
- Class code
- 156A
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Assistant State Auditor 1 is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 156A.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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 entry level of the series for financial and compliance audit positions. Auditors complete audit assignments under the ongoing guidance and supervision of a higher level auditor. Work assignments are well defined and intended to encourage development of professional judgment and analytical thought processes, such as performing audit testing and gathering information through interviews and research.
Examples of the work
Performs audit testing which is verifying or cross-checking data or figures using one or more documents to check against another; Assesses audit risk by evaluating systems, procedures, and controls which support an entities' financial records; Evaluates and verifies financial records; determines if auditee is in compliance with legal requirements; Drafts working papers and portions of audit reports for review by supervisors; Notifies auditor in charge of any apparent inaccuracies, shortages, or discrepancies; Participates in entrance or exit conferences; Travels to and works at multiple audit sites, bringing a portable computer, reference materials, and supplies to each location.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or other related field which included 10 semester or 15 quarter hours of college level accounting.
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.