Food Safety Compliance Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 393F
- Class code
- 393F
- Salary range
- 54
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Food Safety Compliance Specialist 2 is $61,332 to $82,440 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 393F.
- 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 54 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 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 |
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
Within an assigned geographical area, positions work under the general supervision of a unit supervisor and are responsible for assisting the industry with the development, implementation, and maintenance of food safety preventive control plans to prevent or significantly minimize food safety hazards and intentional contamination. Assists with and ensures compliance with the various state and federal licensing requirements for facility design, processing, sanitation, and product labeling. Provides technical assistance to the industry. Interacts with and advises the public, industry personnel, and other government officials on public health issues with regard to food safety.
Examples of the work
Conducts food safety hazard analysis, compliance inspections and simple to complex investigations of commercial establishments and determines whether producers are complying with food safety standards, rules and regulations as established by Federal, State and local laws; Conducts detailed public health food safety monitoring and compliance inspections, Federal Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point inspections, investigations, and/or surveillance of commercial establishments that manufacture, process, hold or transport food products intended for public and/or animal consumption.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business, microbiology, food science, food technology, biochemistry, dairy science, or a natural science in a closely allied field. AND One year of professional experience in a public health regulatory food manufacturing environment. Additional experience may substitute for education on a year for year basis.
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.