Child Support Program Manager pay range
State of Washington · class code 178N
- Class code
- 178N
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Child Support Program Manager is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 178N.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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 Title IV-D Child Support Program, reports to a Washington Management Service (WMS) or Exempt manager and provides second-level supervision at Headquarters or a local field office. Positions oversee major organizational units that provide direct services to clients including, but not limited to, units that collect child support, provide statewide services within the State Disbursement Unit, the State Support Registry, and the centralized document imaging program. Positions also interface with WorkFirst partners, tribes, prosecutors, and other community stakeholders and partners.
Examples of the work
Acts as second line supervisor who is responsible for strategic planning; organizing, directing and evaluating subordinate personnel; developing and/or accomplishing program objectives; delegated authority for the facility, personnel (including use of Collective Bargaining Agreement terms and conditions) and program operations; preparation and justification of budgetary data necessary for program execution; analysis of tort or litigation risks, organizing and utilizing available resources with accountability for all funds received and/or disbursed; Develops, or assists in the development of, state legislation, rules, policy and procedures relative to program goals; responds to and analyzes p ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree, AND Four years of professional supervisory and/or management experience related to child support enforcement and/or debt collection related functions. AND Six months experience in strategic planning; organizing, directing and/or evaluating subordinate personnel within an enforcement related field. 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.