Property & Acquisition Specialist 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 179M
- Class code
- 179M
- Salary range
- 64
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Property & Acquisition Specialist 5 is $78,504 to $105,612 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 179M.
- 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 64 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 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 |
| Monthly | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 |
| Hourly | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 |
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 the Uniform Relocation Act, positions supervise or lead employees in real estate activities such as property management, relocation, appraisal, negotiations, or title examination or positions may serve as a review appraiser for multi-regions. Some positions provide technical expertise in state-mandated programs such as the statewide ratio study, revaluation, county review, property tax exemptions and deferrals, education, levy administration, or financial and/or valuation analysis in the areas of utilities, real property, and personal property.
Examples of the work
Advises and/or provides recommendations to agency administrators, county officials, and/or taxpayers regarding damage claims, audit findings and recovery of federal aid, assessment, settlements or condemnations, equalization and taxation of real and personal property, property tax exemptions or deferrals or in special valuation of property based on the current use of the property; Prepares studies, fund requests, and budgets; Assigns and/or conducts negotiations or relocation assistance; Monitors right of way activities of local agencies for state and federal policy compliance; Defines tasks, solicits bids, negotiates, drafts, awards, and monitors personal services contracts for appraisal-re ...
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 three years of experience in auditing and/or appraising commercial and light industrial real or personal property. OR One year of experience as a Property and Acquisition Specialist 4. 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.