Excise Tax Examiner 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 172L
- Class code
- 172L
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Excise Tax Examiner 1 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 172L.
- 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
In the Department of Revenue, serves as a first level examiner performing within a limited scope less to moderately complex examination and accounting functions in support of the proper identification, assessment, collection and distribution of excise taxes consistent with statutory and administrative requirements. Provides information and education to others in support of work assignments.
Examples of the work
Examines a variety of tax accounts to determine debits or credits, proper reporting of tax liability, and that account is in balance; Responsible for conducting mathematical review of field audit reports; Determines misplaced tax from audit schedules for statistical reports; Examines field audit assessments and/or reports for accuracy and completeness; makes adjustments to reconcile accounts; Contacts taxpayers or their representatives to reconcile accounts or advise of proper tax reporting; Issues notices of debits and credits and tax assessments, making adjustments to accounts; Computes penalties and interest in accordance with laws and regulations; Reviews, verifies and processes requests ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years as an Excise Tax Assistant, Tax Service Assistant, Tax Service Representative, Fiscal Technician, Tax Information Specialist or equivalent within the Department of Revenue, provided required accounting course work has been completed. OR A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business or public administration or closely allied field with a minimum of 12 semester (or 18 quarter) hours of accounting. NOTE : Accounting, or auditing, Excise Tax Assistant or equivalent experience will substitute, year for year, for education providing required accounting course work has been completed.
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.