Public Health & Epidemiologist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 289B
- Class code
- 289B
- Salary range
- 82
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Public Health & Epidemiologist 2 is $122,448 to $164,664 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 289B.
- 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 82 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 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 | $142,020 | $145,548 | $149,244 | $152,904 | $156,732 | $160,692 | $164,664 |
| Monthly | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 | $11,835 | $12,129 | $12,437 | $12,742 | $13,061 | $13,391 | $13,722 |
| Hourly | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 | $68.02 | $69.71 | $71.48 | $73.23 | $75.06 | $76.96 | $78.86 |
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
As a licensed physician conducts special epidemiologic studies related to communicable, noncommunicable, and chronic diseases and related conditions; applies epidemic disease-analysis techniques to noncommunicable diseases to determine the degree of relationship to exercise, weather, sanitation, availability and response to medical treatment, and other epidemiologic factors.
Examples of the work
Plans and directs joint field investigations of communicable diseases in cooperation with program supervisors and health officers; Directs a small staff of clerical, statistical, nursing, and/or sanitation personnel in the gathering, processing, and analyzing of data; Advises local health authorities in establishing and administering local disease control programs or regarding other problems in which epidemiological information is required; Reviews medical histories and makes determinations as to the need for public health medical care and hospitalization; Prepares regular and special reports regarding the results of investigations and studies affecting statewide health problems or problems ...
Minimum qualifications
A license to practice medicine and surgery in one of the fifty states or Canada, completion of one year rotating internship, and one year of graduate training in public health, OR A Medical degree with a Master's degree in epidemiology or a Master's degree in public health including 12 graduate quarter hours (500 level or above) in epidemiology and 12 graduate quarter hours in biostatistics. Completion of related training or experience such as with the Centers for Disease Control or the National Institute of Health will substitute for MPH degree, OR An M.D. degree with a Master's degree in public health and completion of one year rotating internship. Note: When an M.D.
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.