Licensing Specialist Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 458O
- Class code
- 458O
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Licensing Specialist Supervisor is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 458O.
- 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
Supervises, plans, monitors, directs and coordinates activities and process the functions of a unit, program or team of liquor, marijuana cannabis and/or gambling license specialists in order to ensure established criteria and regulations are met so that licenses and permits are issued to qualified businesses, non-profits, event promoters and individuals. Reviews, approves and disapproves selected license transactions for issuance of new, renewal and change licenses and recommends approval/denial of other license types; examines non-standard and unusual license applications and accompanying legal documents referred by staff and depending on complexity of the transaction or nature of the issue, completes the process or provides specific or general instructions to assigned staff.
Examples of the work
Supervises, monitors and coordinates activities and processes of a licensing program(s); approves or disapproves selected license transactions for issuance of new, renewal and change licenses, recommends approval/denial of other license types; examines non-standard and unusual license applications and accompanying legal documents referred by staff; depending on complexity of the transaction or nature of the issue, completes the process and provides specific or general instructions to assigned staff; Seeks attorney general guidance, advice and interpretation of laws, rules and impasse, handles the more complicated questions requiring legal interpretation, thresholds, denial of license, due pr ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Licensing Specialist Senior. OR; Three years of lead or supervisory experience within a regulatory agency.
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.