Economic Analyst 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 502K
- Class code
- 502K
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Economic Analyst 2 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 502K.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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 conduct comprehensive economic impact studies of major scope, significance and complexity that constitute an integral portion of an agency's economic analysis program.
Examples of the work
Directs subdivisions of major programs, with responsibility for determining feasibility and approach, planning and conducting studies within the subdivision; Independently conducts comprehensive economic and/or tax impact studies and analysis of major scope; may carry responsibility for all aspects of special studies within a program area; Analyzes proposed or recently enacted legislation dealing with transportation, revenue and/or taxation, etc.; develops methodology and estimates fiscal impact on State and local government bodies; testifies at hearings, works with legislative staff in the development of feasible alternatives; Defines, develops and conducts special studies of an economic or ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree or equivalent in Ph.D. program in economics, public finance or closely allied field; and two years of professional experience in economic analysis. OR One year as an Economic Analyst 1. Professional experience in economic analysis may be substituted, year for year, for the required education, provided a Bachelor's degree in economics, public finance or closely allied field has been attained. Additional graduate training in economics or public finance may be substituted, year for, for 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.