Public Health Advisor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 283Q
- Class code
- 283Q
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Health Advisor 4 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 283Q.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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
In the Department of Health, administers a statewide public health program and supervises five or more lower level professional staff. Independently plans, develops, organizes, directs and evaluates the program activities; or, is designated as a technical expert and performs all of the following: Provides consultation, direction and evaluation on technical issues, concerns, policies, regulations and procedures regarding a public health program at the division, bureau, department, State or national level, Trains the trainers of public health professionals, Serves as the department representative on department, State and/or national public health committees, and Designated as a department expert before the legislature, Board of Health, administrative hearings, negotiations with tribal governments and other legal proceedings on public health issues.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, coordinates, directs 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, monitors, and evaluates program objectives and priorities; Provides a continuous review of personnel activity reporting in relation to program goals and objectives; Provides conceptual guidance and direction to subordinates; allocates workloads and establishes completion d ...
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 six years of professional experience in public health, including four 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 four 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.