Psychology Affiliate pay range
State of Washington · class code 362A
- Class code
- 362A
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Psychology Affiliate is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 362A.
- 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
This is the entry level of the series. It is designed to accommodate master's level positions. Positions can perform the following duties under supervision of a licensed psychologist; psychological testing, psychometric activities, personality assessment, individual and group therapy; designs and conducts limited research projects; develops and monitors training programs and behavioral modification programs; participates in formulation of interdisciplinary team recommendations. However, for the purpose of developing skills, direct counseling and therapy services may be performed under close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Examples of the work
Evaluates patients or residents to determine intelligence level; Administers, scores, and interprets intelligence and academic achievement tests, interest inventories, and social maturity scales; Uses results of testing to develop individual basic behavioral training programs; Integrates information from work supervisors, teachers, and direct care or custody staff and prepares reports; May provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to carefully screened group of clients under close supervision of higher level psychologists; Assists in collection and tabulation of research data; participates in special projects as directed; Evaluates patients or residents to determine mental level and e ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in psychology from an accredited school or department of psychology and one year of supervised post Master's degree experience in psychology.
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.