Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 572B
- Class code
- 572B
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 2 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 572B.
- 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 journey-level of the series. Positions at this level perform professional and skilled natural resource pesticide protection. Positions perform complex and highly technical regulatory, training, and outreach functions including but not limited to, enforcement, licensing, registration, technical assistance, education, and waste pesticide disposal.
Examples of the work
Determines and follows the best strategy, methodology and means to conduct all investigations and inspections authorized by Federal Insecticide, Fungicide Rodenticide Act and state pesticide statutes and rules. Conducts high quality investigations and inspections relating to the manufacture, distribution, storage, disposal, and use of pesticides; Conducts state pesticide inspections including, but not limited to: pesticide applicator, pesticide dealer, and market place inspections for the legal registration, licensing, use, distribution, transportation and storage of pesticides.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree which must include at least 25 semester or 40 quarter hours in a natural or physical science, AND Four years of professional-level experience in a natural resource, environmental or health regulatory agency, or in the feed, fertilizer or pest management industry which includes two years equal to a Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 1. OR Master’s degree in one of the above fields and two years of professional-level experience as required above which includes one year equal to a Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 1. OR Ph.D. in the above field will substitute for one-year professional experience as required above and one year as a Pesticide Regulatory Specialist.
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.