College Career Graduate - Communications, Liberal Arts & Humanities pay range
State of Washington · class code 704N
- Class code
- 704N
- Salary range
- 38
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for College Career Graduate - Communications, Liberal Arts & Humanities is $41,820 to $55,596 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 704N.
- 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 38 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 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 |
| Monthly | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 |
| Hourly | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 |
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
As a college or university graduate of an accredited four-year institution, trains for and performs first-year professional assignments in a variety of areas such as communications, writing, research analysis, administrative assistance, or allied assignments Incumbents normally advance to the next higher level class in their assigned area of work following completion of an approved in-training plan of 6-24 months in duration.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in a general studies field such as: literature, English, history, music, research, anthropology, liberal arts, etc. College or university students, including state employees, who are enrolled and scheduled to complete their degree requirements within 9 months may apply. The degree must be achieved, however, prior to appointment. Note: Selective certification may be requested and applied to designated disciplines and/or internship/fellowship/work-study programs.
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.