Business & Professions Auditor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 159D
- Class code
- 159D
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Business & Professions Auditor 4 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 159D.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Positions supervise professional staff engaged in all aspects of audits or investigations of occupational licensees OR positions serve as an agency technical expert for agency staff, law enforcement, prosecutors, federal agencies, and attorney generals by providing testimony in administrative and judicial proceedings as an expert witness. Incumbents use independent judgment in allocating and managing resources for complex audit/investigation assignments for a unit that is typically in the field 95 percent of the time. Positions perform complex audits and will assume responsibility for cases that require advanced knowledge of the profession(s).
Examples of the work
Supervises an audit unit responsible for a major geographic area of the state to assure the safekeeping of public funds held in trust in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, generally accepted auditing standards, department policies, guidelines, state statutes, and administrative codes; Plans, directs, reviews, and coordinates complex audits and investigations dealing with fraud, theft, and conversion of trust funds, and/or licensed practice; obtains statements or confessions and prepares audit findings; Identifies and secures documents in accordance with the rules of evidence; Solicits and secures necessary transaction documents, accounting records, written statements, ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting, business administration, public administration, or other related field that includes 20 semester or 30 quarter hours of college-level accounting and three years of professional experience in accounting, auditing, finance, banking, or investigations. A Master’s degree in a related field or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) will substitute for two years of 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.