Residential/Student Life Counselor pay range
State of Washington · class code 257J
- Class code
- 257J
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Residential/Student Life Counselor is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 257J.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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
Provides training, counseling, guidance and monitoring to Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth and Washington State School for the Blind students for the purpose of facilitating student self-sufficiency; designs, implements, assesses and modifies student development instructional programs; and creates and maintains a safe and secure environment for students.
Examples of the work
Provides safe, nurturing care and assists students with advocacy skills and role modeling related to DHH services and individuals needs; Monitors students during hours of residential department programming to ensure health and safety; Develops and implements programming to meet physical, intellectual, emotional and social development needs (such as assessments, Individual Education Program, behavior management and intervention); Incorporates and uses principles of orientation, mobilities and independent living skills in all aspects of student care; Assesses situations regarding student behavior; recommends programming, discipline or crisis intervention as needed; Monitors, counsels and assis ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of college (equivalent of 90 quarter credit hours) with major emphasis in interpreter training, education, child development, social work, psychology, sociology, recreation or related subjects AND One year of experience working in an instructional group setting with children. OR Equivalent education/experience. Note: Proficiency in sign language is also required for positions working with students in the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth.
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.