Grain Inspector 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 567C
- Class code
- 567C
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Grain Inspector 2 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 567C.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 senior, specialist level of the series. Positions are responsible to observe uniformity of grains and commodities; determine lot quality criteria, inspection plan tolerances and grading factors; and verify functionality of analytical testing equipment.
Examples of the work
Observes the uniformity of grain as to the kind, quality and condition; Determines lot quality criteria, inspection plan tolerances, and grading factors; Verifies functionality of analytical testing equipment; Assigns, instructs and checks work of Grain Sampler/Weighers and inspectors; Provides guidance to lower level staff on the fundamentals of grain and commodity inspection, the proper identification of varieties and classes of grain and the application of the United States Grain Standards; Provides guidance to lower level staff on laboratory methods to extract mycotoxin from grain, qualitative testing methods to determine toxins such as Aflatoxin, Vomitoxin, Fumonisin, Zearalenone and Oc ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with major study in agronomy or closely allied field, AND One year of experience as a Grain Inspector 1. Equivalent education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Special requirements
Positions require a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and 21 specific licenses required by the US Grain Standards Act and the USDA Agricultural Marketing Act.
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.