Property & Acquisition Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 179L
- Class code
- 179L
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Property & Acquisition Specialist 4 is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 179L.
- 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 61 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 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 |
| Monthly | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 |
| Hourly | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 |
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 limited supervision, positions perform specialized and complex duties in real estate services, project management, appraisals, audits, and/or land pricing and funding. In an assigned area of responsibility, positions apply advanced technical knowledge when planning and conducting complex tasks for large-scale projects or programs such as consolidating or co-locating state offices that are 100,000 square feet or more; conducting real estate acquisitions requiring review, analyses, and alternatives; negotiating and concluding land transactions and exchanges for purchase, lease, or rental; conducting appraisals and/or audits of major utilities or large and diversified manufacturing and industrial properties where built in components constitutes a large part of the total property value; determining the tax status of major non-profit organizations; and/or determining funds for acquisiti ...
Examples of the work
Investigates, negotiates, and concludes complex transactions with land owners for purchase, lease, rental or use of real property and property rights; reviews and approves specifications for construction of office complexes; Consults with and provides recommendations to internal and external administrators such as county officials, state agencies, boards and commissions, property management firms, certified public accountants, attorneys, legislature, and/or other related associations.
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree involving major study in business or public administration, real estate, economics, accounting, park planning, wildlife management, forestry, or related field AND two to three years of experience appraising real estate and negotiating ownership transactions or auditing and/or appraising commercial and light industrial real or personal property. OR One year of experience as a Property and Acquisition Specialist 3. 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.