Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 406C
- Class code
- 406C
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 3 is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 406C.
- 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 66 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 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
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 highly complex investigations/inspections for all types of occupational safety and health hazards for all sizes of employers in all industries, with a focus on high hazard industries (e.g., chemical, petroleum, heavy manufacturing, construction, logging, maritime, agriculture etc.).
Examples of the work
Conducts highly complex investigations that resulted in death, hospitalizations, and/or permanent disability to workers or where advanced scientific knowledge is required to determine the type and extent of suspected environmental and occupational health and safety hazards; Investigates fatalities and serious injuries where the root causes are not obvious or likely known; Determines type and extent of procedures or controls necessary to minimize occupational health and safety hazards; Reviews inspections for code and policy adherence, willful reviews, and ensures the technical accuracy of reports to ensure statewide consistency of code and policy applications; Guides entry and journey staff ...
Minimum qualifications
Five 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 Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP). OR Five years of full-time professional experience as an employer’s safety director or manager, industrial hygienist, safety and health specialist, etc. OR Seven 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.