Public Benefits Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 165H
- Class code
- 165H
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Benefits Specialist 2 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 165H.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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. Determines and/or maintains financial eligibility for public assistance benefit (cash, financial, food, medical, and childcare and/or long/term care services and support) recipients using multiple automated eligibility, case maintenance or workflow systems. Conducts interviews to determine or re-determine eligibility for a variety of financial, medical, food and child care public benefit programs. Processes changes in client circumstances, implements Federal and State regulations and determines the effect on the continuing eligibility of clients. In a training capacity, positions at this level are required to complete basic professional duties under general supervision. Incumbents are required to complete an extensive training program, which includes advanced level on-the-job instruction and classroom training.
Examples of the work
Interviews clients, analyzes complex written and oral information, and determines continued eligibility for financial, food, child care and medical programs; assesses immediate need in emergent situations; authorizes necessary financials for warrants, medical, child care and food benefits; implements program changes and case closures as dictated by regulations, department policies, and changes in clients' circumstances; Reads and interprets Washington Administrative Code and procedural manuals; obtains and reviews necessary data, documentation, and verification for each program of assistance as it relates to the recipients' specific circumstances; explains program requirements and services a ...
Minimum qualifications
Six months of experience as a Public Benefits Specialist 1, and completion of the agency's Public Benefits Specialist Training Program. OR One year of equivalent out-of-state experience conducting financial eligibility determination for public assistance to include financial, medical and food benefit programs and completing the agency’s Public Benefits Specialist Training Program. Note: Employees in an in-training position may advance to the next level after: Completing 12 months, but no less than 9 months of satisfactory service as a Public Benefits Specialist 2; and Successful completion of the mandatory training program matrix. 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.