Physician Assistant, Certified pay range
State of Washington · class code 291C
- Class code
- 291C
- Salary range
- 80N
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Physician Assistant, Certified is $117,336 to $192,312 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 291C.
- 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 80N in the N Range Salary Schedule. The range pays 24 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 | $117,336 | $120,288 | $123,276 | $126,384 | $129,564 | $132,780 | $136,092 | $139,500 | $143,004 | $146,592 | $150,264 | $154,008 | $157,872 | $161,796 | $165,840 | $169,980 | $174,240 | $176,400 | $178,584 | $180,804 | $183,048 | $187,608 | $189,960 | $192,312 |
| Monthly | $9,778 | $10,024 | $10,273 | $10,532 | $10,797 | $11,065 | $11,341 | $11,625 | $11,917 | $12,216 | $12,522 | $12,834 | $13,156 | $13,483 | $13,820 | $14,165 | $14,520 | $14,700 | $14,882 | $15,067 | $15,254 | $15,634 | $15,830 | $16,026 |
| Hourly | $56.20 | $57.61 | $59.04 | $60.53 | $62.05 | $63.59 | $65.18 | $66.81 | $68.49 | $70.21 | $71.97 | $73.76 | $75.61 | $77.49 | $79.43 | $81.41 | $83.45 | $84.48 | $85.53 | $86.59 | $87.67 | $89.85 | $90.98 | $92.10 |
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
Under a sponsoring physician, provides primary, routine, urgent and emergent medical care to patients. Refers difficult and complex cases to the supervising physician and assists in further examination, diagnosis and treatment of such cases. T he interpretation of findings is based on general medical knowledge and parameters, which are defined in a delegation agreement between the Physician Assistant, Certified, and the sponsoring physician. Specialties include, but are not limited to: women's health, pediatrics, adult health, family health, geriatrics, public/community health, emergency care, critical care, diabetes management and/or psychiatric/mental health.
Examples of the work
Subject to the sponsorship of a qualified physician, examines patients and diagnoses their illnesses; recommends and administers routine medical treatment; Orders and interprets laboratory examinations, analyses and X-rays; makes rounds of wards and reports on condition and progress of patients; Oversees medical and mental health screening of patients and assesses the need for medical transfers; Under a delegation agreement with a qualified physician, prescribes medications to patients as necessary; Assists in instructing and/or supervising nurses, technicians and personnel assigned for special training; attends and participates in clinics and staff conferences on surgical, medical and menta ...
Minimum qualifications
Some positions may need an active Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registry to prescribe controlled substances.
Special requirements
A valid Physician Assistant, Certified license provided by the Medical Quality Assurance Commission. It is the sponsoring physician’s and the Physician Assistant, Certified’s joint responsibility to ensure a Delegation Agreement is completed between the Physician Assistant, Certified and sponsoring ...
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.