Property & Acquisition Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 179J
- Class code
- 179J
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Property & Acquisition Specialist 2 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 179J.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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
Positions apply laws, methods, and principles covering real estate transactions, negotiations, relocation, appraisals, audits, acquisitions, and/or valuation of residential, commercial, land, and agricultural properties. Incumbents work with limited supervision and handle non-complex assignments such as assisting on relocation in project acquisition of a single family residence, total takes, strip acquisition; assisting in property management by determining lease values, preparing and maintaining property files; performing housing inspections, or appraising properties that typically don’t involve questions about benefits or significant damages for those that need an income approach or cost approach for solution.
Examples of the work
Conducts non-complex eminent domain real estate appraisals; Prepares appraisal reports; Negotiates real estate acquisitions; Prepares and maintains property management functions; Consults with other staff to determine qualities of property and property rights needed; assists in determining desirability and priority of need for property to be acquired; Conducts title searches; orders surveys and maps required for sale or lease agreements; Performs market value appraisals of land, single and multi-family residences, apartment complexes, neighborhood businesses and agricultural properties; Appraises lands of public utility companies; Assists in appraisal of large commercial, manufacturing or pu ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree involving major study in business or public administration, real estate, economics, accounting, or related field AND One to two years of experience in activities such as acquisition, sales, leasing, appraisal, title examination, escrow closing, negotiations, property management, title examination, relocation assistance, or selling, leasing or buying commercial real estate, or auditing or appraising real or personal property for fair market value. OR One year of experience as a Property and Acquisition Specialist 1. Equivalent education/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.