Excise Tax Examiner 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 172O
- Class code
- 172O
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Excise Tax Examiner 4 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 172O.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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, has direct responsibility for developing and implementing specific functions or projects within a section of the division. Supervises, directs, and controls the activities of excise tax examiners and support staff; OR Serves as liaison to other internal divisions to revise WAC and other related administrative publications and assists in responding to inquiries relating to legal or policy issues; OR Serves as an expert field auditor conducting unclaimed property on-site audits of the largest and most complex organizations (i.e. over 100 employees): OR Serves as a business systems analyst for tax accounting systems.
Examples of the work
Supervises, evaluates, assigns and reviews work of subordinate examiners in proper allocation of monies, control of assessments and warrants examination of taxpayer or unclaimed property accounts and proper reporting of liability due; Provides audit guidance, and assists other auditors in the acquisition, refinement and analysis and conversion of electronic accounting data received in diverse electronic formats from taxpayers; is involved in the refinement and analysis of the data; Acts as the auditor responsible for team audits; functions as the auditor-in-charge providing guidance, overview, direction and leadership to all involved staff; Supervises the training of subordinate employees; A ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Excise Tax Examiner 3. OR Two years Department of Revenue experience at the senior or lead level in accounting, auditing, compliance or tax administration, provided 12 semester (18 quarter) hours accounting course work has been completed. OR Three years of experience at the senior or lead level in accounting, compliance, auditing, 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.