Food Safety Compliance Specialist 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 393I
- Class code
- 393I
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Food Safety Compliance Specialist 5 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 393I.
- 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 62 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 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 |
| Monthly | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 |
| Hourly | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 |
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
This is the highest level in the series responsible for administering a statewide food safety subprogram or supervises professional staff within a designated region or specialty area.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, coordinates and directs the food safety program in areas such as Grade ‘A’ Dairy, egg, manufactured food, food storage warehouse, cottage food, custom meat, custom slaughter, seafood, juice, animal feed, or Cannabis processing; establishes, monitors, and evaluates program objectives and priorities; Provides a continuous review of personnel activity reporting in relation to program goals and objectives; Provides conceptual guidance and direction to subordinates; allocates workloads and establishes completion dates; Directs, and evaluates the work of other program staff and other professional/technical staff; develops and conducts training of the trainers at the state or nati ...
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 Four 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.