Food Safety Compliance Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 393H
- Class code
- 393H
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Food Safety Compliance Specialist 4 is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 393H.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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 subject matter expert in one or more technical subject areas within the Food, Feed or Produce Safety Programs. Provides expert level technical assistance and conducts complex inspections to ensure continued economic vitality and product protection.
Examples of the work
Conducts training of program staff; Participates in stakeholder outreach with the program’s regulated industries; Evaluates a firm’s control of public health risks by performing independent inspections of conditions in facilities that hold, pack, transfer or produce Grade ‘A’ Dairy, animal food, produce or manufactured food products; Obtains and maintains Sanitation Rating Officer status as defined by the Food and Drug Administration; Conducts sanitation surveys (inspections) of Dairy Producers (Bulk Tank Units), Milk Plants and Single Service Manufacturers for conformance to the Food and Drug Administration’s Interstate Milk Shippers program requirements; Obtains and maintains delegation as ...
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 Three 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.