Recreation & Athletics Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 701F
- Class code
- 701F
- Salary range
- 45
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Recreation & Athletics Specialist 2 is $49,296 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 701F.
- 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 45 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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
Implements, organizes, schedules, and conducts group and/or individual recreational activities which are part of a larger recreational/sports program system; or participates/assists in recreational therapy for clients such as patients, students, offenders, or other residents of a state institution/facility. Plans, monitors expenses to help ensure that program budget is maintained; assists with management of a facility.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, and directs complete on- and/or off-campus intramural and extramural recreational revenue/nonrevenue-producing sports activities in coordination with student committees, sports clubs and social agencies; prepares schedules and facilities to support intramural or extramural competition; Develops schedule of recreation activities to meet needs, interests, and abilities of individual clients or groups of clients such as patients, students, inmates, or other residents of State institution; Leads, trains, and coordinates employees in recreation program; Plans, organizes, and directs part of recreation program for designated number of clients in institutions; Works in one or more ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in either (a) recreation or therapeutic recreation, (b) music, drama, or physical education or (c) psychology, sociology, or education with a minor in recreation, physical education, music or drama and one year of paid, professional recreation experience. OR One year of experience as a Recreation and Athletics Specialist 1. OR Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all desirable qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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.