Political Finance Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 157A
- Class code
- 157A
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Political Finance Specialist 1 is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 157A.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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 entry level of the series. Under close supervision, advises, counsels, and assists candidates, elected officials, committee treasurers, and lobbyists in complying with the public disclosure law. Reviews records and reports and conducts audits and investigations to verify compliance.
Examples of the work
Develops and maintains close working relationships with persons and organizations in assigned territory to promote maximum compliance with the law; identifies potential problem areas and outlines solutions; Provides oral and written answers to questions arising from the public disclosure laws; refers obscure, complex, and unusual questions to the team's leader for guidance and resolution; Reviews filed reports for basic accuracy and completeness; seeks corrections of apparent errors and omissions; Monitors filing history of persons and organizations in assigned territory; identifies filing delinquencies and seeks any missing reports; Reviews campaign finance reports, lobbying expenditure rep ...
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require a Bachelor’s degree that included 10 semester or 15 quarter hours of college level accounting and one year of professional experience in accounting, auditing, or the examining of records. Experience serving as the treasurer for a county, state, or national political party may substitute for the education and experience on a year for year basis. A Master’s degree in a related field or a Certified Public Accountant, Internal Auditor, Information System Auditor, or Fraud Examiner will substitute for the professional experience.
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.