Health Care Investigator 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 428E
- Class code
- 428E
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Health Care Investigator 1 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 428E.
- 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
Performs health care investigations. Conducts investigations of alleged violations of state licensure laws by health care professionals.
Examples of the work
Learn and apply statutes, regulations, policies and procedures, and effective investigation techniques to conduct health care provider investigations; Investigate allegations against health care professionals that impact public health and safety. Examples of allegations include providing substandard health care, providing health care without licenses or credentials, drug diversions, abuse or neglect, or any other behavior that creates inadequate or inappropriate services; Formulates and writes an investigative plan with supervisor oversight that identifies possible RCW and WAC violations documented in the complaint, facts that need to be investigated, witnesses to be interviewed, and evidenc ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience as a licensed Registered Nurse, Dentist, Physician, Dental Hygienist, Veterinarian, Chiropractor, or Certified Physician’s Assistant. All of the above-mentioned health professions must be eligible for Washington State licensure. Note: A Master’s or Graduate degree in one of the above professions will substitute for one year of the required experience. OR A Bachelor’s degree and our years of investigative experience with a criminal investigative entity, or experience investigating fraud and/or deceptive business practice within a regulatory entity, four years of which must include field 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.