Child Support Program Administrator pay range
State of Washington · class code 178K
- Class code
- 178K
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Child Support Program Administrator is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 178K.
- 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 61 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 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 |
| Monthly | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 |
| Hourly | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 |
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 the Division of Child Support, serves as the designated senior project manager in the development and administration of statewide programs.
Examples of the work
Manages planning, development, and implementation of statewide and federally required program accountability projects, this includes development of corrective action plans; Serves as liaison for the Washington State IV-D program to other agencies, states, and federal authorities; Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local policy; designs, writes, and develops policy and procedures based on federal regulations and state law; Responds to program issues on a nationwide basis; Mitigates risk and maintains program accountability when audit findings occur by developing and implementing Division-wide strategies; Researches and investigates child support obligations and enforcement-related qu ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree, AND Four years of experience in child support enforcement and/or debt collection related functions, AND Six months experience in project management, program development or process improvement related activities, developing and administering child support programs. Note: Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute year for year.
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.