Industrial Insurance Underwriter 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 153K
- Class code
- 153K
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Industrial Insurance Underwriter 3 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 153K.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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
In the Department of Labor and Industries, underwrites, manages, audits, educates and consults on State Fund workers’ compensation policy, accounts, and risk classification under the Washington State Industrial Insurance Laws for Level 3 complexity.
Examples of the work
First point of contact for assigned group of employers; responds to employers’ questions about the Department of Labor and Industries services; Establishes new State Fund workers’ compensation policies and accounts, determines proper coverage, evaluates jurisdiction status, assigns risk classification and corresponding rate, and determines appropriate experience rating level; Performs the necessary accounting functions involved in maintaining employer policies and accounts; analyzes deficiencies and errors reported by policy holders and makes corrections; analyzes organization changes if indicated and makes proper determination as to action required; Manages established policies and accounts ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree with a field or focus involving tax liabilities, insurance benefits, risk classification, accounting or bookkeeping, research, statistical or management analysis or related fields; AND One year of experience as an Industrial Insurance Underwriter 2. Note: Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the required education and must include three years of direct customer service.
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.