Assistant State Auditor Intern pay range
State of Washington · class code 148S
- Class code
- 148S
- Salary range
- 35
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Assistant State Auditor Intern is $39,036 to $51,600 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 148S.
- 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 35 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 | $39,036 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 |
| Monthly | $3,253 | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 |
| Hourly | $18.70 | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 |
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
Within Washington State Auditor’s Office and working under close supervision in a learning capacity, serves as audit support to the auditor in charge of financial, compliance, information technology and/or federal audits of local and/or state government entities.
Examples of the work
In addition to the statements in the specific audit intern area below, all positions include: Assesses audit risk by evaluating systems, procedures, and controls which support an entities' financial records; Drafts working papers and portions of audit reports for review by supervisors; Participates in interviews of client agency staff and documents findings; Evaluates data to assess program effectiveness, efficiency and compliance with statutory requirements; Develops recommendations that improve performance, provide cost savings, and increase accountability; Researches issues using RCW, statute, professional standards, and best practices; Drafts working papers, audit findings and recommenda ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions conducting Financial and Compliance Audits: Completion of sophomore year in college with major study in accounting business administration, public administration, economics, or closely allied field, which includes course work in accounting. Positions conducting Performance Audits: Currently enrolled in a public administration, public policy, political science, economics, business or similar degree program at an accredited college or university. Positions conducting IT Audits: Completion of sophomore year in college with major study in management information systems, data science, data analytics, business, public administration, statistics, computer science or other related field.
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.