Industrial Insurance Underwriter 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 153L
- Class code
- 153L
- Salary range
- 54
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Industrial Insurance Underwriter 4 is $61,332 to $82,440 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 153L.
- 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 54 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 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 |
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, performs senior-level specialty work regarding insurance risk classification, identified as an industry specialist for the Department of Labor and Industries.
Examples of the work
As an Industry Specialist: 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 4 Complexities; may also perform Level 1, 2, and 3 complexities. As a lead worker: Leads lower-level industrial insurance underwriters’; independently mentors, coaches, and monitors staff work performance; audits and measures the performance of industrial insurance underwriters; may also perform Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 complexities.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree with a field of focus involving tax liabilities, insurance benefits, risk classification, accounting or bookkeeping work, research, statistical or management analysis or related fields; AND One year of experience as an Industrial Insurance Underwriter 3. Note: Additional qualifying experience may substitute year for year, for the required education. This experience must include four 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.