Public Health Advisor 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 283N
- Class code
- 283N
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Health Advisor 1 is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 283N.
- 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 47 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 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 |
| Monthly | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 |
| Hourly | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 |
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
Within the Department of Social and Health Services or the Department of Health, conducts public health surveys of accommodation establishments and makes recommendations to initiate corrective or enforcement action or, serves in a two-year Public Health Advisor formal training program. Conducts and evaluates public health surveys and/or advises or consults on public health issues and practices.
Examples of the work
Surveys and reports on findings concerning the growing, harvesting, and processing of shellfish; and the design, operation, and management of public water supply systems; Surveys transit accommodations for environmental health program standards; advises owners and operators of needed improvements in facilities or operation; clarifies standards which must be met, recommends improvements; prepares written report of findings, recommends and with supervisory approval, institutes enforcement action when necessary; Participates in special studies of environmental health issues; assists with reports; aids higher level advisors with talks before public and private organizations; Performs other relat ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in public health, environmental health, or allied science with a minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in a natural or physical science. OR A Bachelor's degree in public health, environmental health, or allied science with a minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in a natural or physical science and two years of professional experience in public health.
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.