Medical Assistance Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 170F
- Class code
- 170F
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Medical Assistance Specialist 2 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 170F.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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
Processes, updates, verifies and/or adjusts clients, members and/or provider eligibility, enrollment or authorization services, and/or explains benefits, rights and responsibilities. Performs routine account adjustments, eligibility determinations, enrollment, changes in circumstances and case actions.
Examples of the work
Reviews, researches, analyzes and adjudicates routine changes in circumstances to determine ongoing eligibility for client, member and provider within program requirements using multiple computer systems; Evaluates financial records, documentation, data and systems to continue or terminate coverage based on program requirements; Analyzes and reviews coded history audits and edits reference texts, control files, and master records via an online Medicaid Management Information System; Determines final payment of resolutions and adjustments of turn around document and other nursing facility claims; Locates, identifies, reviews, and researches original claims and their related history to assure ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree. OR One year of experience as a Medical Assistance Specialist 1. Experience providing direct client services or counseling of customers in the areas of health insurance, disability, or other related health benefits; public assistance eligibility determination; staff support for medical assistance; health insurance premiums/claims processing, adjusting, and investigation; or other medical premiums/claims related experience; or experience researching and analyzing complex rules, regulations and policies to make determinations and resolve problems while providing direct customer service in person, by telephone or via computer will substitute, year for year, for the required ...
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.