Emergency Management Program Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 397C
- Class code
- 397C
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Emergency Management Program Specialist 3 is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 397C.
- 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 66 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 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
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
Provides senior level oversight or administration in one or more of the four components of emergency management (preparedness, hazard mitigation, response and recovery) to facilitate multiple programs, projects, and functions (or major components of medium to large programs) with state agencies, local jurisdictions, tribal governments, federal agencies, the private sector, and other states and counties. May lead or supervise other Emergency Management Program Specialists.
Examples of the work
Serves as lead to Emergency Management Program Specialists with responsibility for assigning, directing, providing guidance and checking work; Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and controls two or more emergency management programs or a major component of a medium to large program; Establishes, develops, and maintains cooperative relationships with other government entities, the business sector, community organizations, and/or local, state, tribal, and federal officials in support of emergency management programs, functions, and program goals; Writes, coordinates, reviews emergency/disaster response plans and procedures; Develops, prepares, administers and monitors reports, proposals, ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as an Emergency Management Program Specialist 2, OR A Bachelor’s degree and four 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.