Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 572C
- Class code
- 572C
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 3 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 572C.
- 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 62 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 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 |
| Monthly | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 |
| Hourly | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 |
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
Serves as the technical expert or supervises profession Pesticide Regulatory Specialist staff. Positions at this level perform professional and skilled natural resource pesticide protection.
Examples of the work
Supervises, directs, and monitors regional or statewide pesticide regulatory specialist activities to meet Pesticide Management Division goals, objectives, policies, and procedures and the State plan under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Provides expert review and recommendations in support of Division pesticide activities and issues, including pesticide and fertilizer legislation, rulemaking, policies, media requests, and pesticide issues of concern.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree including 25 semester or 40 quarter hours in a natural or physical science. AND Six years of professional experience in a natural resource, agricultural, environmental or health regulatory agency, or in the fertilizer, pesticide, or pest management field industry which includes two years must be equivalent to Pesticide Regulatory Specialist 2; AND Two years of experience leading or supervising within a natural resource, agricultural, environmental or health regulatory position, in the pest management field, or in the pesticide or fertilizer industry.
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.