Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 406B
- Class code
- 406B
- Salary range
- 60
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 2 is $71,136 to $95,676 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 406B.
- 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 60 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 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 |
| Monthly | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 |
| Hourly | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 |
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
Positions independently perform concurrent complex investigations/inspections for all types of occupational safety and health hazards for all sizes of employers in all industries. Positions conduct worksite inspections or investigate catastrophic workplace incidents and may serve a member of a multidisciplinary team. Inspections/investigations of unusual complexity or posing unusual problems are subject to direction by higher level positions.
Examples of the work
Conducts complex safety and health investigations of workplaces using independent judgment within established guidelines to determine the type and extent of suspected environmental and occupational health and safety hazards (e.g. manufacturing plants, construction projects, etc.); Independently determines investigation strategy considering case law, advanced accident investigation training in alignment with the National Transportation and Safety Board /Federal Aviation Administration, including techniques for evidence collection, witness interviews, jurisdictional assessment, etc.; Investigates fatalities and serious injuries where the root cause is obvious or likely known; Evaluates workpla ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years’ experience as a DOSH Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator (CISHI), or equivalent experience as a Federal OSHA or other state plan journey-level safety and health specialist or industrial hygienist. OR Three years of full-time professional experience as an employer’s safety director or manager, industrial hygienist, safety and health specialist, etc. OR Five years of full-time journey level occupational/industrial safety experience in one or more of the following industries: Government, military, public health or related safety and health field.
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.