Career Planning & Placement Officer pay range
State of Washington · class code 253J
- Class code
- 253J
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Career Planning & Placement Officer is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 253J.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
Plan, develop, direct, and coordinate career planning and placement services for students and alumni.
Examples of the work
Provide students, prospective students, and alumni career planning and placement assistance; Provide career advising to students in the areas of interviewing skills and techniques, letter writing, resume preparation, and use of district recruiting information; Work closely with department chairperson and faculty involved in preparation of graduating students by providing supply and demand information, salary, and other information related to employment trends; Make presentations to student classes and student professional groups; Contact employer representatives to solicit campus interview visits, job openings, brochures, and other information to assist students with their job search and to ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in counseling or related field Equivalent education/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.