Contracts Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 144F
- Class code
- 144F
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Contracts Specialist 1 is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 144F.
- 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 47 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 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 |
| Monthly | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 |
| Hourly | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 |
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
Performs the first level of professional contract administration work with responsibility in the administration of routine contracts, interagency agreements, leases and letters of understanding to provide or obtain services or goods for the agency.
Examples of the work
Following State and agency regulations and guidelines, develops, negotiates, and administers contracts with other State agencies, federal agencies, and private vendors for goods, services, and project funding; Initiates competitive bid projects; develops specifications and terms; initiates advertising for bids; provides for receipt, processing, and award of contracts; Obtains signatures of parties to agreements or signatures of authorized agents; develops and maintains a list of authorized contract signatories; coordinates terminations of agreements and contracts; Reviews performance and evaluates compliance with terms of contracts; identifies areas of non‑compliance requiring correction; Ad ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business administration, public administration, business law, commerce, economics, mathematics, statistics, or closely allied field AND One year of experience in negotiating, administering, or terminating contracts, contract property management, contract cost or price analysis, or contract compliance administration. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted, year for year, for the education. A Master's degree in one of the above academic disciplines may be substituted for the 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.