Public Health Advisor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 283P
- Class code
- 283P
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Health Advisor 3 is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 283P.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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, Manages a specific public health program, Provides support and direction to public and private agencies on the management and administration of public health programs, Leads professional/technical staff in a public health program or survey team of public health or, Serves as a technical specialist on public health issues.
Examples of the work
With assistance from supervisor is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating an environmental health program in an area such as air quality, chemical hazards, drinking water, food protection, groundwater protection, hazardous waste, health care facilities, injury control, institutional facilities, noise, personal living environments, shellfish protection, solid waste, toxic substances, vector control, wastewater, and water recreational facilities; establishes and monitors program objectives and priorities; Directs development and implementation of a management information system to monitor administrative and program activities in local health agencies; Provides administrative co ...
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 natural or physical science and four years of professional experience in public health, including three years in a consultative, supervisory, administrative or advisory capacity. OR A Bachelor's degree in public health, environmental health, or allied science with a minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in natural or physical science and six years of professional experience in public health, including three years in a consultative, supervisory, administrative or advisory capacity.
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.