Radiation Health Physicist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 400S
- Class code
- 400S
- Salary range
- 76
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Radiation Health Physicist 4 is $105,612 to $142,020 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 400S.
- 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 76 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 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 | $142,020 |
| Monthly | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 | $11,835 |
| Hourly | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 | $68.02 |
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
Plans and directs activities and supervises staff of a section within the Office of Radiation Protection; or is assigned as the Radiation Safety Officer for the Office of Radiation Protection. Serves as a member of a radiation emergency response team.
Examples of the work
Plans and directs the statewide program activities of the staff of the Materials, X-Ray, or Environmental Monitoring/Emergency Response Units of the Radiation Control Section; With the section head, identifies the goals of the program and develops alternate programs for attaining these goals; Prepares budget requests and the means of evaluating the activities of one of the three program units; Supervises the necessary technical and investigative functions of licensing and registration to carry out enforcement authority of the Materials Unit; develops strategy for effective environmental monitoring and emergency response responsibilities; Advises on selection and arranges appointments by the ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in radiological health, radiation safety, health physics or closely related field and three years' professional experience in an official radiation control program, including one year of experience equivalent to a Radiation Health Physicist 3. OR A Bachelor's degree in a physical science, engineering or biological science and five years' professional experience in an official radiation control program, including one year's experience equivalent to a Radiation Health Physicist 3. A Master's degree in any of the above fields may be substituted for one year of non-supervisory experience. 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.