Food Safety Compliance Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 393G
- Class code
- 393G
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Food Safety Compliance Specialist 3 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 393G.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Serves as a regional or state-wide senior specialist in one or more specified technical subject areas within the Food Safety Program. Ensures compliance with the various licensing requirements for facility design, processing, sanitation, allergen control and product labeling per Federal and State laws.
Examples of the work
Leads staff in hazard analysis and complex food safety or for cause inspections and investigations; Independently takes appropriate on-site action such as embargo, degrade, or plant closures; Provides training and mentoring to other staff; Acts as a point of contact for the region when needed; Independently conducts or supervises detailed public health food safety inspections, Federal Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point inspections, for cause investigations, and/or surveillance of commercial establishments that manufacture, process, hold or transport food products intended for public and/or animal consumption; Provides technical assistance to the industry; Serves as representative on food ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business, microbiology, food science, food technology, biochemistry, dairy science, environmental health or a degree in a closely allied field. AND Two years of equivalent public health regulatory-related experience or food manufacturing experience. Additional experience will 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.