Research Investigator 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 502F
- Class code
- 502F
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Research Investigator 2 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 502F.
- 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 62 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 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 |
| Monthly | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 |
| Hourly | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 |
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
Conducts advanced scientific research studies and analysis work in a variety of one or more disciplines.
Examples of the work
Initiates and designs research studies which are essential to the achievement of agency goals or evaluation of programs; i.e., may develop new methods of vocational training and design study intended to assess worthwhileness; may develop schedule of reinforcement for desired behaviors and evaluate obtained results against results of a control group not subjected to reinforcement schedules; may develop research strategy for major demographic forecasts (e.g., criminal justice); In an agency, serves as a resource person for staff doing research and assists with problems in regard to design, methodology, and statistical analyses; Performs or directs research over statistical analyses of data suc ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in relevant specialty, technical or qualitative field; and two years' experience in experimental, analytical, or theoretical research in identified specialty area OR Equivalent education/experience in relevant field.
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.