Labor & Industries Auditor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 152P
- Class code
- 152P
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor & Industries Auditor 3 is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 152P.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
This is the journey level position. For the Department of Labor and Industries, on an in-state, national or international basis, independently audits employers’ financial records, business activities, and functions to establish premium liability and compliance with industrial insurance laws, rules, and regulations. Uses independent judgment to challenge potentially fraudulent or incomplete records. Educates employers, both individually and/or in workshops, of their individual insurance premium reporting responsibilities.
Examples of the work
Performs audits, examines businesses’ financial records, contracts, systems accounting procedures and conducts appropriate interviews with management, staff and contractors to determine compliance with industrial insurance laws, rules, and regulations; Prepares audit plans tailored to the industry and business-specific issues presented by an audit; Evaluates businesses’ accounting system and develops a specific audit plan; decides what level of audit will be conducted and ascertains the sources that will be used to successfully complete the audit, and what level of external verification is necessary; Researches classifications and industries; During audits, assesses the physical environment ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s that includes at least 20 semester or 30 quarter hours in accounting (may include credits from one (1) Finance class or one (1) Business Law class) AND Two (2) years of professional accounting or auditing experience. OR Successful completion of the Labor and Industries Auditor Training Program. OR Equivalent education/experience will be considered but must include at least 20 semester or 30 quarter hours in accounting (may include credits from one (1) Finance class or one (1) Business Law class).
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.