Criminal Justice Trainer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 382A
- Class code
- 382A
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Criminal Justice Trainer 1 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 382A.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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 direct supervision, assists with delivery of WSCJTC’s approved training curriculum to ensure effective, efficient, and ethical training to WSCJTC students (recruit law enforcement and corrections officers, certified officers, 911 dispatchers, etc.) in various disciplines required by curriculum course work. Supports facilitation and delivery of classroom, scenario-based, practical skill development, mock scenes, patrol tactics, and firearms skills under the supervision and mentoring of higher-level criminal justice trainers. Supports recruit skill development through deliberate practice, enhances the trainer to student 1-5 ratio for effective engagement, personalization, and a supportive learning environment to train students to acceptable levels.
Examples of the work
Utilizes supplied curriculum and instructions to facilitate proper skills, methods, and technique improvements to develop and enhance recruit and incumbent officers’ ability in various subjects to include but not limited to falling and recovery, grappling, defensive tactics, body placement and holds, handcuffing, firearms skills, less lethal tools, and de-escalation methods; Assists higher-level trainers in assessing and recommending training based upon individual recruit or incumbent officer experience, body type, skill level, learning style, etc.; Facilitates small groups or in one-on-one situations with recruits and incumbent officers to provide deliberate practice, supportive, or remedia ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience in law enforcement or corrections in an assignment that may require the application of physical force. OR Two years of experience as a trainer of criminal justice personnel (law enforcement, corrections, juvenile corrections) or military members specifically in the areas of firearms, integrated arrest tactics, or de-escalation tactics. OR Three years of experience training, mentoring, and/or coaching others in physical or tactical training in areas such as: martial arts, firearms, self-defense, military combative courses, or similar. Equivalent education/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.