Public Benefits Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 165G
- Class code
- 165G
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Benefits Specialist 1 is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 165G.
- 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
Conducts interviews to determine and/or re-determine eligibility for public benefit programs. Processes changes in client circumstances, implements Federal and State regulations and determines the effect on the continuing eligibility of clients.
Examples of the work
On a planned, progressive assignment basis, analyzes written and oral information, inputs, obtains and reviews necessary data in multiple computer systems; reviews documentation and verification for each program of assistance as it relates to the recipients’ specific circumstances; Determines eligibility for financial, medical, food, long-term services and support programs, childcare and equal access benefits by conducting intensive, interactive in-person and telephone interviews and desk reviews; Explains program requirements and services available; Reads and interprets Washington Administrative Code, Revised Code of Washington procedural manuals, policies and policy clarifications; Refers ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. Out of state experience conducting or supervising financial eligibility determination for public assistance to include financial, medical and food benefit programs will be considered toward experience. Note: Employees will be advanced to Public Benefits Specialist 2 after: 1. Completing six months of satisfactory service as a Public Benefits Specialist 1; and 2. Successful completion of the mandatory training program matrix for automatic promotion to the next level within the class series. 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.