Respiratory Care Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 309H
- Class code
- 309H
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Respiratory Care Specialist is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 309H.
- 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 61 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 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 |
| Monthly | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 |
| Hourly | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 |
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
Provide clinical expertise, quality assurance, research coordination, and continuing education of staff for a specialized area of respiratory care. Assist in the management of the respiratory care program, delivery of patient care and development of staff.
Examples of the work
Provide clinical direction of Respiratory Care Practitioners; Provide information for employee selection, evaluation, discipline, and other administrative actions related to department personnel; Provide skilled care to patients; coordinate staff participation in clinical projects in a specialty area; Provide or participate in formal teaching programs and continuing education classes relevant to the clinical specialty; coordinate student clinical rotations; Assist with the evaluation and testing of new products and respiratory care techniques; Establish the respiratory care quality assurance programs; ensure quality patient care outcomes; Assist with budgetary preparation and planning; help ...
Minimum qualifications
Completion of a respiratory care program approved by the State of Washington Department of Health AND Three years of respiratory care therapy experience Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
Licensed as a Respiratory Care Practitioner by the State of Washington There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position.
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.