Business & Professions Auditor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 159C
- Class code
- 159C
- Salary range
- 51
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Business & Professions Auditor 3 is $56,952 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 159C.
- 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 51 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 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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, or lead worker level of the series. Positions at this level independently plan and lead all aspects of audits or investigations of professional occupational licensees to ensure compliance with accounting and audit standards and statutes pertaining to consumer trust funds. Positions also serve in a lead capacity with teams of auditors involved in more complex audits containing allegations of significant fraud and theft and also train and coach staff of the full scope and diversity of the audit investigative functions.
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 three years 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 two years of 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.