Property & Evidence Custodian pay range
State of Washington · class code 507E
- Class code
- 507E
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Property & Evidence Custodian is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 507E.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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
Receives into custody evidence, seized vehicles, and recovered and abandoned property. Disposes of evidence and property. Provides expert testimony in courts of law certifying to the chain of evidence. Responds to incident scenes gathering evidence into custody.
Examples of the work
Receives evidence into custody from law enforcement officers, and provides evidence for court proceedings, maintaining appropriate records and testifying in a court of law certifying the chain of evidence; Takes into custody found or abandoned property; researches ownership of property and returns or disposes in accordance with regulations, statutes, and court procedures; Disposes or releases evidence upon court rulings; Conducts periodic inventories and audits of evidence depositories; maintains appropriate records on evidence and found property; makes computer entries and prepares reports; Receives into custody sized vehicles, and maintains vehicle impound area; Gathers and receives into c ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation and three years of experience in a law enforcement agency in the collection, preservation, safeguarding, and disposal of evidence and property. OR Two years of full-time experience as a sworn law enforcement officer. NOTE: A valid vehicle operator's license is required.
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.