Health Services Consultant 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 283J
- Class code
- 283J
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Health Services Consultant 3 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 283J.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Functions as an assistant manager of a statewide health program by performing more than one of the following functions within the Department of Health: Preparing and managing budgets, contracts or grants. Coordinates division fiscal management. Program planning and evaluation of health service delivery products. Developing and implementing health policies and procedures. Managing health data systems. Supervising staff providing health services to the public. OR Manages a region for the Department of Health. OR Serves as a senior health services consultant in a specialty area to WMS Band 2 or higher. The specialty must be designated and conveyed in writing by the Department of Health appointing authority.
Examples of the work
Assists management in the administration and provision of services to professions regulated within the section. Professions regulated within the Section are: Registered Nursing, Practical Nursing, Nursing Assistants, Midwifery and Nursing Pools. Provides consultation and technical assistance to health care providers; Responsible for the implementation and administration of department, division, section, and profession-specific rules, policies and procedures relating to licensure, complaint investigation, hearing and adjudicative processes, enforcement of findings and orders; Assists in development of biennial budget against allotment requirements.
Minimum qualifications
A Master’s degree in public health, health care administration, public or business administration, or allied field and two years of professional management or consultative experience in a health services program. OR A Bachelor’s degree in public health, health care administration, public or business administration, or allied field and four years of professional management or consultative experience in a health services program.
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.