Forensic Therapist pay range
State of Washington · class code 352P
- Class code
- 352P
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Forensic Therapist is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 352P.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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
Directs the care, custody, evaluation, treatment, and community liaison for one or more groups of court‑committed sexual or mentally ill offenders at a mental health hospital treatment center utilizing group therapy techniques. Performs a program‑wide assignment such as program interpretations, development, security, or offender evaluation.
Examples of the work
Conducts individual and group training sessions and demonstrations for Group Psychotherapy personnel; Gathers and assists in the analysis and presentation of program interpretations, development or research material; Observes, interviews, gathers data about, evaluates, and directs the treatment of each offender assigned to one or more treatment groups; Guides and directs one or more groups of offenders in individual and group psychotherapy; supervises inpatient, work-release, outpatient, and marital treatment groups; conducts individual and group therapy sessions for offenders or offenders and their spouses; Communicates and works with judges, prosecuting attorneys, probation officers, physi ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree with major study in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Criminology, or Law Enforcement and three years of experience providing group therapy for juvenile or adult offenders, or the mentally ill; or three years of mental health, criminal justice or social service experience which shall include two years of experience providing mental health treatment to groups and/or individuals. OR Two years of experience as a Forensic Therapist 1 or a Corrections Mental Health Counselor. OR A Master's degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Criminology, or Law Enforcement, or allied field may be substituted for one year of 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.