Emergency Management Program Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 397D
- Class code
- 397D
- Salary range
- 70
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Emergency Management Program Specialist 4 is $91,104 to $122,448 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 397D.
- 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 70 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 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 |
| Monthly | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 |
| Hourly | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 |
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
Supervises a work unit of Emergency Management Program Specialists performing multi-functional emergency management activities (preparedness, hazard mitigation, response and recovery), and/or provides expert level oversight or administration of emergency management programs, projects, and services that include statewide management and coordination across multiple organizations such as state agencies, counties, cities, tribal governments, and conglomerates of non-profits, e.g. utilities. Positions at this level also serve as statewide liaison with federal organizations involved in emergency management and facilitate legislation and rulemaking.
Examples of the work
Supervises lower-level staff who plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and control one or more emergency management projects/programs or who deliver emergency management related services; Acts as a subject matter and/or technical expert for emergency management programs and activities; Supervises project managers in the development, dissemination, and adoption of emergency management standards, and procedures; assigns and reviews work; and ensures consistency with required formats; Establishes, develops, maintains and issues emergency management program standards for work techniques, processes or materials based on research of industry standards and best practice, technological requirements, a ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Emergency Management Program Specialist 3, OR A Bachelor's degree and five years of professional level experience in emergency management, homeland security, mitigation and/or disaster recovery 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, AND One year of supervisory experience. Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the education requirement.
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.