Long Term Care Surveyor pay range
State of Washington · class code 283E
- Class code
- 283E
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Long Term Care Surveyor is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 283E.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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
Positions conduct quality assurance and monitoring activities such as surveys, licensing, and investigates complaints at licensed and certified long term care facilities including but not limited to: Nursing Homes (NH), Assisted Living Facilities (ALF), Adult Family Homes (AFH), Enhanced Services Facilities (ESF), Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), and the Certified Community Residential Support (CCRS) to ensure compliance to federal and state standards.
Examples of the work
Serves as a member of a survey team conducting on-site inspections of facilities and vendor performance in program areas to determine compliance with requirements for state and federal certification or licensing; observes clients on-site and off-site; conducts interviews of residents, staff, family and/or guardians and other community representatives to obtain information regarding practices of long-term care providers; reviews case records, files and resident progress; meets with facility administrators during survey process to keep them advised and/or to obtain further information; Evaluates ICF/IID and Nursing Home facilities for conformity to state and federal standards in areas of activ ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in social work, speech pathology, occupational or physical therapy, psychology, special education, nutrition, sociology, or an allied field AND Two years of professional experience in planning, administering, licensing, monitoring or delivering social or health service programs. Two additional years of qualifying experience will substitute for the Master’s degree provided a Bachelor’s degree in one of the above mentioned fields has been achieved.
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.