Business & Professions Auditor 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 159A
- Class code
- 159A
- Salary range
- 45
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Business & Professions Auditor 1 is $49,296 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 159A.
- 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 45 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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. Incumbents participate in a12-month individualized training plan developed by the agency. Incumbents work under close supervision and engage in a series of audits to learn the full range and scope of the audit/investigative functions of this class series. After the successful completion of the 12-month training plan, incumbents will advance to level three.
Examples of the work
Provides a full range of priority, special, routine, investigative, and technical assistance audit functions including, but not limited to, examinations of collection agencies, sellers of travel, auctioneers, bail bonds agents, camping resorts, real estate brokers, property managers, and timeshare sellers; Investigates diversified accounting record keeping systems susceptible to fraud and theft; Reconstructs complex manual and computerized accounting systems to prove fraud and/or theft to support violations found; Prepares comprehensive, detailed reports on the exhibits and findings of the investigation or audit, disseminating information to the department, licensees, local municipalities, s ...
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require a Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or other related field which included 20 semester or 30 quarter hours of college level accounting and one year of professional experience in accounting, auditing, finance, banking, investigation, or retail management. A Master’s degree in a related field or a Certified Public Accountant [CPA] will substitute for the experience.
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.