Excise Tax Examiner 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 172N
- Class code
- 172N
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Excise Tax Examiner 3 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 172N.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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, as a senior examiner, resolves the most complex examinations to ensure proper liability and distribution, provides expert consultation to other staff on mission critical systems, laws, rules, policies, and procedures. Plans and conducts training for internal and external audiences. Examples of most complex duties may include: Administration of the Public Works Contract Program, Unclaimed Property Locator Program, Electronic Filing Program, Voluntary Disclosure Program or functions as an unclaimed property auditor, or a specialist in Forest Tax.
Examples of the work
Develops test plans for information technology systems implementation; Reviews journey-level tax assessments; Reconciles audits performed in the field with headquarters records; verifies all elements of audit and makes complex adjustments; Audits taxpayer returns, conduct on-site review of unclaimed property records for small to medium sized businesses, and accounts to ensure proper liability reporting, verifying correctness of municipal sales tax and/or leasehold tax allocation; Trains subordinates in laws, rules and procedures relative to specific or varied types of taxes; Responsible for the administration of the securities program, including reporting, receiving, taking into custody, and ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Excise Tax Examiner 2. OR Two years Department of Revenue experience at the journey level in accounting, auditing, compliance or tax administration, provided 12 semester (18 quarter) hours of 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.