Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 177S
- Class code
- 177S
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 3 is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 177S.
- 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 47 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 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 |
| Monthly | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 |
| Hourly | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 |
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
As a designated leadworker, provides technical direction and training to Financial Recovery Enforcement Officers and other personnel in financial recovery activities and performs ongoing financial recovery functions; or is the designated lead or sole position responsible for financial recovery activities from patients at Eastern or Western State Hospital; or in cooperation with the agency's information systems staff conducts statewide training and/or assists in the development of automated financial recovery programs.
Examples of the work
Responsible for a highly complex area such as multi-service coordination or fee for services and/or provides technical guidance to Financial Recovery Enforcement Officers (FREO) 1 and 2; Leads, directs and assists personnel in all aspects of financial recovery; Trains Financial Recovery staff in interviewing debtors, interviewing other people as sources of information, case investigation, enforcement procedures, and in the use of legal remedies, and the use of an automated recovery system to include hardware and software applications as they apply to financial recovery; In conjunction with the agency's information systems staff, develops training materials and manuals for use by OFR staff; d ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 2. OR Two years as a Financial Recovery Enforcement Officer 1. OR A Bachelor's degree and two years of experience in collection of civil debts, adjustment of claims, determination of financial responsibility or investigation of financial backgrounds. Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the required education. A Master's degree will substitute for one year of the required experience.
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.