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Occupational Therapist 1 pay range

State of Washington · class code 306N

Published per year range, State of Washington

Class code: 306N
Salary range: 52
Pay unit: Year
State: Washington

The State of Washington published pay range for Occupational Therapist 1 is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 306N.
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 52 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	$58,392	$59,760	$61,332	$62,880	$64,512	$66,072	$67,704	$69,348	$71,136	$72,900	$74,748	$76,608	$78,504
Monthly	$4,866	$4,980	$5,111	$5,240	$5,376	$5,506	$5,642	$5,779	$5,928	$6,075	$6,229	$6,384	$6,542
Hourly	$27.97	$28.62	$29.37	$30.11	$30.90	$31.64	$32.43	$33.21	$34.07	$34.91	$35.80	$36.69	$37.60

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 occupational therapy services. Assesses patients, plans, and implements treatment; completes related documentation.

Examples of the work

Evaluates and treats patients with a variety of physical and mental disabilities to achieve maximum functional capacity; Confers with medical and interdisciplinary staff members to determine occupational therapy treatment for individual patients; selects modalities or activities to elicit desired motions or actions or help modify behavior and teaches the skills necessary for the activity; Delegates patient care activities and provide clinical supervision to OT Assistants; monitor patient response to treatment.

Minimum qualifications

See legal requirements. Graduation from an accredited occupational therapist university and successful completion of the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy examination. Active Washington State license to practice as an Occupational Therapist.

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.

Nearby classes in Washington

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Occupational Therapist 1 in other states

State	Minimum	Maximum	Per year at full time
Iowa	$59,010	$89,835	$59,010 to $89,835
Louisiana	$58,510	$105,456	$58,510 to $105,456

Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.

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