Property & Acquisition Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 179K
- Class code
- 179K
- Salary range
- 58
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Property & Acquisition Specialist 3 is $67,704 to $91,104 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 179K.
- 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 58 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 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 |
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 typically perform complex duties relating to vacant, residential, commercial, agricultural, public utility, exempt, recreational, and/or industrial properties. Areas of responsibility include negotiations, acquisitions, relocation assistance, property management, title examination, leasing, appraisals, audits, disposal, inspections, and/or lands and access maintenance. Some positions may be responsible for administering a statewide program such as senior citizen tax deferral or public utility district privilege tax. At this level, complex assignments involve extensive title clearance, severance issues and/or benefits, follow-up to negotiations which have reached an impasse; investigation and disposition of claims involving unconstitutional takings; relocations involving more complex issues (i.e.
Examples of the work
Negotiates real estate acquisitions; Negotiates the sale or rental of department properties; Prepares legal descriptions and documents for the acquisition, disposal, and rental of real property; Participates in pre-trial proceedings and testifies in court including testimony as expert valuation witness; Negotiates with groups such as corporate representatives, tribal groups, and railroad representatives requiring an understanding of real estate documents and cost and income value analysis; Determines relocation eligibility and calculates benefits; Performs housing inspections; Initiates corrective action when errors or insufficiencies are found; Writes appraisal reports for all types of real ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree involving major study in business or public administration, real estate, economics, accounting, wildlife management, or related field AND Two to three 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 and/or appraising real or personal property for fair market value. OR One year of experience as a Property and Acquisition Specialist 2. 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.