Grant & Contract Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 143E
- Class code
- 143E
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Grant & Contract Specialist is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 143E.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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
Assist administrators and faculty in the preparation of grant material; coordinate, provide ongoing budget analysis; review grants and contracts and provide complex and technical/clerical support services to the unit.
Examples of the work
Assist administrators and faculty in the preparation of grant proposals; interpret appropriate proposal format; research budget data; Maintain and monitor grants and contracts budgets; assure compliance with grant and/or contract requirements; notify appropriate personnel of action needed on budget problems; Establish and maintain files of proposals and current grants and contracts; provide progress reports, accumulate statistics; notify all concerned of application deadlines and ending dates; Assist recipient departments to develop and submit routine grant and contract proposals, and/or renewals; Assist in interpreting administrative regulations and policies to staff within the institution ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation. OR GED certificate AND five years of experience in office, secretarial, bookkeeping, accounting or general administrative work with one of the five years working in grants and contracts. College education in an applicable field may be substituted, year-for-year, for up to three years of office, secretarial, bookkeeping or accounting experience, one of which must be working in grants and contracts. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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.