Employee Assistance Associate pay range
State of Washington · class code 356A
- Class code
- 356A
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Employee Assistance Associate is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 356A.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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 at this level work under general supervision performing entry-level work. As the first-line contact for all levels of state employees, serves as principal assistant to higher level Employee Assistance Professionals in an Employee Assistance Program. Under guidance of higher level EA Professionals, conducts brief screening to determine the nature of the contact, including criticality; obtains confidential information and provides information to the EA Professionals with recommendations regarding client needs. Schedules client appointments with higher level EA staff. Under guidance, is responsible for follow-up caseload by contacting clients to determine their current status and participation in a treatment program.
Examples of the work
None.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree in social services, psychology, counseling, social work, or related field or two years of college level course work and one year of experience providing direct services to clients in a social service agency.
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.