Criminal Justice Information Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 507M
- Class code
- 507M
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Criminal Justice Information Specialist 3 is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 507M.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
Under general direction, consults with, informs and advises representatives of law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, and penal institutions, and non-criminal justice agencies throughout the state, regarding Washington State Patrol criminal identification requirements and procedures; provides guidance and training to local officials and identification personnel to ensure the proper reporting, transmission, and usage of all criminal justice information.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes and conducts on the job training programs at the subject matter expert level concerning fingerprint techniques; corrects manner of furnishing descriptors, offense and disposition information as scheduled throughout the state, or as requested by local criminal justice agencies; Provides Federal Bureau of Investigation mandated compliance audits to non-criminal justice and criminal justice agencies within the state; provides guidelines to agencies related to law enforcement risk analysis, record management, and transaction control number usage; Attends and upon request instructs in seminars and schools relating to fingerprint identification, livescan operation and records cond ...
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor’s degree with a major in criminal justice, business administration, accounting, or social science. AND Two years of fingerprint identification and record experience, dispatch in a recognized law enforcement or related agency, two of which must have been in an administrative or supervisory capacity. Two years business auditing businesses experience preferred. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted, year for year, for education. Equivalent experience/education.
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.