Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 406E
- Class code
- 406E
- Salary range
- 69
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator 5 is $88,788 to $119,460 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 406E.
- 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 69 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 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 |
| Monthly | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 |
| Hourly | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 |
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
Supervises lower-level positions within this series and may lead all levels of enforcement investigations or supervises Reassumption Hearing Officers as a working supervisor.
Examples of the work
Oversees, directs and supervises inspection and investigation work done by CISHI positions, ranging from routine to highly complex cases; Oversees, directs and supervises RHO’s in the appeals unit; Reviews and approves investigation, activity, and inspection reports; Maintains consistency of inspections, investigations, citations and policies; Responsible for and approves staff issuance of stop work orders and the posting of Orders and Notices of Immediate Restraint; Prepares warrants for staff to take to judges when compliance staff are refused entry to places of business; Approves the issuance of compliance citation and notices with penalties from investigators in their unit; Trains and gu ...
Minimum qualifications
Six years’ experience as a DOSH Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator, one of which must be at the CISHI 3 or 4 level or equivalent experience as a Federal OSHA or other state plan journey-level safety and health specialist or industrial hygienist. OR Seven years of full-time experience as an employer’s safety director or manager, industrial hygienist, safety and health specialist, safety and health specialist, etc. OR Eight 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. AND One year of supervisory experience.
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.