Occupational Safety & Health Professional 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 392H
- Class code
- 392H
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Occupational Safety & Health Professional 4 is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 392H.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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 supervisory level of the series. Supervises Occupational Safety and Health Professionals. May also supervise other professional staff.
Examples of the work
Supervises occupational safety and health professionals; ensures quality control of work products; assigns and reviews written work for accuracy and completeness; Organizes, writes and reviews comprehensive and extensive technical materials and reports; Provides specialized technical expertise by speaking to management, labor organizations and representatives, company officials, consultants, safety and health inspectors, industrial hygienists, civic groups, governmental agencies and others interested in industrial safety and health; Reviews information and makes contributions to program development; develops policies and procedures, drafts proposals for safety and health standards to be prom ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university involving major study in occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or closely related field. AND Five years of paid occupational/industrial safety related professional experience OR three years as an Occupational Safety and Health Professional, one of which must be at the 3 level in DOSH. OR A Master’s Degree from an accredited university in occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or similar field AND three years of paid occupational/industrial safety related professional experience.
Special requirements
Some positions may require certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) granted by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and/or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) granted by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
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.