Assistant State Auditor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 156D
- Class code
- 156D
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Assistant State Auditor 4 is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 156D.
- 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 66 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 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
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, and/or lead level of the series. Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Positions function as an auditor-in-charge of the largest and/or most complex financial and compliance audits of local and state government entities. Under general direction, assumes responsibility for planning, conducting and documenting a risk based audit. Audits at this level include, but are not limited to, larger local city and county jurisdictions with multiple staff assigned, entities operating under special regulations and funding sources such as PUD’s and Housing Authorities, entities with extensive compliance and reporting requirements or entities requiring complex computer system audits.
Examples of the work
Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Plans, organizes, assigns duties, and directs work activities of lower level auditors; develops audit plans; Monitors budgets for all audits within area of responsibility; Reviews audit work papers to ensure that completed work meets agency standards, that work performed by team members is accurate and complete, that audit evidence is sufficient and appropriate, and that the conclusions align with the audit objective(s); Develops and writes audit reports; reviews draft audit reports; Conducts difficult or sensitive entrance/exit conferences or interviews with personnel of agencies audited; recommends changes which will improve financial r ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting or other related field which included 10 semester hours or 15 quarter hours of college level accounting; AND One year of professional experience as a journey level auditor auditing governmental entities. 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.