Commercial Vehicle Officer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 457E
- Class code
- 457E
- Salary range
- 44SP
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Commercial Vehicle Officer 1 is $55,056 to $73,848 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 457E.
- 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 44SP in the SP Range 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 | $55,056 | $56,424 | $57,756 | $59,160 | $60,588 | $62,100 | $63,672 | $65,220 | $66,900 | $68,520 | $70,272 | $71,988 | $73,848 |
| Monthly | $4,588 | $4,702 | $4,813 | $4,930 | $5,049 | $5,175 | $5,306 | $5,435 | $5,575 | $5,710 | $5,856 | $5,999 | $6,154 |
| Hourly | $26.37 | $27.02 | $27.66 | $28.33 | $29.02 | $29.74 | $30.49 | $31.24 | $32.04 | $32.82 | $33.66 | $34.48 | $35.37 |
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
In conjunction with a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer, enforces laws and regulations pertaining to weight, size, equipment safety, the transporting of hazardous materials, and licensing permit requirements of commercial vehicles, private carrier busses, and their operators by weighing and/or inspecting vehicles traveling on public highways at fixed weighing facilities; and/or performs vehicle driver inspections, conducts year-round school bus inspections, assist with investigations of major accidents and fatalities involving commercial vehicles, and assists Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers with portable scale weighing functions.
Examples of the work
Weighs commercial vehicles with stationary scales to assure compliance with state weight laws; Performs school bus and public carrier bus inspections on a year-round basis; Inspects equipment on commercial vehicles through comprehensive, critical item safety inspections to assure compliance with laws governing required and proper condition of equipment; assists Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers with roadside inspections; Measures commercial vehicles and their loads to determine compliance with length, width, height, and other configuration requirements; Inspects commercial vehicles transporting hazardous materials to assure compliance with hazardous materials carrier regulations adopte ...
Minimum qualifications
High school or GED. AND One year of experience as one or more of the following: communications officer, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer 1, vehicle identification number inspector or a law enforcement officer. Certification or completion of a vocational training program or one year of college-level course work will substitute for the above required experience. Possession of a valid driver's license may be required.
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.