Assistant State Auditor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 156C
- Class code
- 156C
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Assistant State Auditor 3 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 156C.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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 fully qualified journey level of the series. Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Positions function as an auditor-in-charge of financial and compliance audits of local and state government entities. Audits at this level include, but are not limited to, small and medium size cities and counties with a small number of staff assigned, entities operating under fewer special regulations and funding sources, and entities without as extensive compliance and reporting requirements. Under general supervision, assumes responsibility for planning, conducting and documenting a risk based audit. Positions can be assigned to conduct investigations pertaining to Whistleblower, citizen complaints, or fraud.
Examples of the work
Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: As auditor-in-charge, plans and reviews the work of the staff assigned to a particular audit; Assesses audit risk by evaluating systems (including EDP systems), procedures, and controls which support financial records; Develops audit plans and related audit programs; Evaluates and verifies financial records; determines if auditee is in compliance with legal requirements; Drafts working papers and audit reports, including findings; Recommends changes which will improve financial records and/or related systems, procedures, or controls, or which will bring auditee into legal compliance; summarizes areas of needed improvement; Conducts entran ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or other related field which included 10 semester or 15 quarter hours of college level accounting; AND Two years of professional experience in accounting, auditing, finance, banking, investigation, retail management, or related fields: including one year of audit experience. OR Three years of other professional experience, including one year of audit experience. Auditing experience in a specialty area may be required for some positions.
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.