Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 177Q
- Class code
- 177Q
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 1 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 177Q.
- 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 an entry-level capacity, researches, evaluates, records and reports information to assist higher level financial recovery enforcement officers and may conduct enforcement, collection, recoupment and other related Financial Recovery activities for the Department of Social and Health Services.
Examples of the work
Conducts routine research and investigations and records findings in cases involving DSHS funded and/or administered programs and services; Researches, compiles, and evaluates information to update case records and information systems; Reviews cases for payment activity and takes prescribed follow-up action; refers cases not covered by established guidelines to senior enforcement officers and assists those officers as requested; Traces debtors by use of many data information sources and telecommunication systems to enforce financial responsibility; Responds to less complex inquiries regarding financial recovery accounts; Composes caseload correspondence; Explains, within defined limitations, ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree. OR Two years of college and two years of experience in collection of civil debts, adjustment of claims, determination or financial responsibility, or investigation of financial background. Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the required education.
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.