Nursing Care Consultant pay range
State of Washington · class code 285U
- Class code
- 285U
- Salary range
- 75N
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Nursing Care Consultant is $103,692 to $169,980 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 285U.
- 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 75N in the N Range Salary Schedule. The range pays 24 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 | $103,692 | $106,260 | $108,936 | $111,660 | $114,456 | $117,336 | $120,288 | $123,276 | $126,384 | $129,564 | $132,780 | $136,092 | $139,500 | $143,004 | $146,592 | $150,264 | $154,008 | $155,940 | $157,872 | $159,828 | $161,796 | $165,840 | $167,904 | $169,980 |
| Monthly | $8,641 | $8,855 | $9,078 | $9,305 | $9,538 | $9,778 | $10,024 | $10,273 | $10,532 | $10,797 | $11,065 | $11,341 | $11,625 | $11,917 | $12,216 | $12,522 | $12,834 | $12,995 | $13,156 | $13,319 | $13,483 | $13,820 | $13,992 | $14,165 |
| Hourly | $49.66 | $50.89 | $52.17 | $53.48 | $54.82 | $56.20 | $57.61 | $59.04 | $60.53 | $62.05 | $63.59 | $65.18 | $66.81 | $68.49 | $70.21 | $71.97 | $73.76 | $74.68 | $75.61 | $76.55 | $77.49 | $79.43 | $80.41 | $81.41 |
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
Provides consultation to secure and maintain adequate nursing care for welfare recipients under the State's medical care program; assesses and classifies patients' health care needs; evaluates the quality and quantity of nursing care provided.
Examples of the work
Identifies the existence of patient needs emphasizing the patient as an individual; assists the patient to move toward independence within the limitations of his disabilities; Prepares periodic reports and appropriate correspondence on all nursing care aspects of the State's medical care program; reviews and evaluates the quality and quantity of nursing care needed by and provided to each individual patient; reports instances of nursing home contract non‑compliance to Nursing Care Consultant Supervisor; Provides consultative services to members of other professional disciplines relevant to improving and maintaining standards of patient care; acts as consultant to departmental caseworkers and ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in nursing AND three (3) years of clinical or functional nursing experience. A Master's degree in nursing may be substituted for one (l) year of clinical or functional nursing experience. NOTE: A valid Washington State license to practice as a registered nurse is 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.