Health Care Investigator 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 428H
- Class code
- 428H
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Health Care Investigator 4 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 428H.
- 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
Supervises professional health care investigative staff.
Examples of the work
Plans, assigns, directs, coordinates and supervises the workload and operational requirements of health care investigations. Assigns official investigations to Health Care Investigators, reviews and supervises their work. Establishes performance expectations and assesses if expectations are achieved. Develops recruitment criteria, hires staff, and evaluates work. Provide guidance to investigators in the investigation of complex and detailed major investigations which are most likely to go to hearing/trial or have the greatest impact on the boards, commissions, or Department of Health as needed.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of experience as a Health Care Investigator 2 within state service. OR Two years of experience as a Health Care Investigator 3 within state service. OR Eight years of experience as an investigator with a criminal justice agency or a directly allied field,, six of which must include field experience preparing evidence and interviewing witnesses, respondents or suspects. Three of which must have been leading, supervising, or managing professionals, developing investigation programs or functioning as an expert in health care investigations. AND A four-year college degree in a health care field, Business Administration, Public Administration, Criminal Justice, or a related field.
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.