Occupational Safety and Health Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 399G
- Class code
- 399G
- Salary range
- 58
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Occupational Safety and Health Specialist 2 is $67,704 to $91,104 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 399G.
- 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 58 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 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 |
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 journey level of the series. Positions at this level apply professional working knowledge of occupational safety and health laws, rules regulations and codes by developing and/or implementing safety, health, and industrial hygiene programs to comply with state and federal requirements.
Examples of the work
Manages, conducts, and coordinates a comprehensive occupational safety, health, and industrial hygiene program for a district or region to comply with agency program requirements; Develops and implements safety programs for institutional employees, students, and visitors; Reviews reports and evaluates data concerning occupational injuries and public liability accidents; determines necessity and scope of further investigation; Directs the activities of a hazardous waste disposal program; Ensures maintenance of all records for the safety and health program performance analysis statistics, technical publications, reports of inspections, accident investigations, safety meeting minutes and other ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, safety studies, natural science, business or public administration, education or allied field. AND Three years of professional experience in occupational safety and health programs. A Master’s degree in occupational safety and health, safety studies, natural science, business or public administration, education or allied field may be substituted for two of the three years of the above professional work experience requirement. Equivalent education/experience.
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.