Organizational & Fiscal Auditor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 160D
- Class code
- 160D
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Organizational & Fiscal Auditor 4 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 160D.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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 or expert level of the series. Most positions supervise professional staff in the conduct of fiscal and performance audits of department operations and programs and/or contracted service providers; or, as a Certified Public Accountant, they review and submit for settlement all nursing home audits as required by statute; in the Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Division, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, direct and supervise professional staff in the development and implementation of audit work to include the evaluation of criminal allegations as they relate to the Medicaid Cost Reimbursement System, the development and prosecution of cases involving Medicaid fraud, and audit review of programs to detect and prevent fraud and abuse.
Examples of the work
Plans and directs audits of department operations and programs and contracted service providers for which responsibility is assigned; Advises agency program management on the audit process and how this process can be utilized to enhance program delivery; Conducts employment interviews; participates in employee selection; completes employee evaluations; provides training for new employees; recommends changes in personnel classification system; Develops and revises audit procedures within area of responsibility; verifies that appropriate records and audit working papers are on hand to facilitate good planning of subsequent audits; Coordinates activities of staff members and assigns audit tasks ...
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or public administration, economics, computer science, or other related field which included 12 semester or 18 quarter hours of college level accounting and four years of professional auditing experience. Professional experience in accounting, auditing, finance, banking, investigation, or other related experience will substitute year for year for education. A Master’s degree in a related field or a Certified Public Accountant, Internal Auditor, Information System Auditor, or Fraud Examiner will substitute for two years of professional auditing experience. Auditing experience in a specialty program may be 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.