Emergency Management Program Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 397B
- Class code
- 397B
- Salary range
- 58
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Emergency Management Program Specialist 2 is $67,704 to $91,104 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 397B.
- 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 58 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 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 |
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 journey-level professional emergency management duties in one or more of the four components of emergency management (preparedness, hazard mitigation, response and recovery) to coordinate program components, projects, and/or functions with state agencies, local jurisdictions, tribal governments, federal agencies, the private sector, and/or other states. Positions may manage small programs/projects.
Examples of the work
Coordinates the elements of emergency management programs, projects, functions and activities that mitigate against disasters, prepare for disasters, respond to disasters, or recovery from disasters; Provides financial support to local jurisdictions and state agencies concerning compliance with program fiscal needs and activities; Serves as the primary point of contact for sub-grantees regarding financial and programmatic requirements; Reviews grant and program progress, and provide technical direction and assistance to jurisdictions; Performs sub-grantee monitoring to include compilation of information from grant agreement files, financial databases and audit findings; conducting site visit ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as an Emergency Management Program Specialist 1, OR A Bachelor’s degree and two years of professional level 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, legislative affairs, and/or urban planning. Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the education requirement. A Master’s or Ph.D.
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.