Emergency Management Program Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 397A
- Class code
- 397A
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Emergency Management Program Specialist 1 is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 397A.
- 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
This is the entry level of the series. Positions perform assigned tasks in one or more of the four components of emergency management (preparedness, hazard mitigation, response and recovery) under the guidance of a fully qualified emergency management staff member.
Examples of the work
Performs the following duties under the guidance of higher-level emergency management staff; Completes assigned tasks to coordinate components of emergency management programs, projects, functions, or activities internally and externally; Collects, tracks and reviews data to support the review and implementation of emergency plans; Reconciles invoices, maintains spreadsheet, enters budget projections, reviews invoice for accuracy and corrects charge codes, identifies and reports over-/under-expenditures, informs program coordinators/managers on the specific condition of budgets and variances; Ensures sub-grantee requests for reimbursement are appropriate and meet grant and fiscal requirement ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a bachelor's degree and one year of experience in emergency management, homeland security, disaster mitigation planning, emergency communications systems, financial management (grant management, contracting, claims management, budgeting), training/education, public information/affairs, program/project management, scientific environmental analysis or planning, civil/structural engineering, and/or urban planning. Additional experience will substitute, year for year, for 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.