Political Finance Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 157D
- Class code
- 157D
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Political Finance Specialist 4 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 157D.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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. Positions serve as an expert in campaign finance and lobbying laws, advise, counsel, and assist candidates, elected officials, committee treasurers, and lobbyists in complying with the public disclosure law. Review records and reports and conduct audits and investigations to ensure compliance with the law. Educate and assist filers to electronically file their reports.
Examples of the work
This level is designated in writing by PDC management to be the recognized and accepted expert in campaign finance, personal financial affairs, and lobbying laws. Investigations are high profile and/or may take six months or longer to complete; Expert positions may lead or supervise lower level staff. However, supervisory positions must supervise lower level of staff.
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require a Bachelor’s degree that included 10 semester or 15 quarter hours of college level accounting and four years 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 two years of 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.