Revenue Auditor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 155C
- Class code
- 155C
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Revenue Auditor 3 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 155C.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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
This is the senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series. In addition to the work assignments received from the Field Audit Manager, these positions develop leads that can be used to create audit assignments. Positions deal with the largest, most complex business firms, conducting in-depth, thorough reviews of business activities and tax reporting practices. Positions are responsible for the development of audit plans and procedures and assist in the development of plans for others, senior auditors provide guidance, participate in the training of new auditors or peers, and are directly responsible for the outcome of these audits. The format and content of the work product is subject to approval by the Field Audit Manager.
Examples of the work
Assists with training of lower level auditors; Conducts audits at out-of-state locations with responsibility for all audit work and establishing nexus (Washington’s right to tax the transaction); Designs a managed audit plan for taxpayers to follow and oversees the work of taxpayers and their accounting staff; Provides instruction to taxpayers on how to comply with Washington’s tax laws through Consultation Visits and Business Outreach Workshops; Uses wide variety of accounting software for purposes of obtaining data electronically from taxpayers to perform advanced statistical and nonstatistical sampling; Develops and maintains software programs for use by all auditors in audit sampling, au ...
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require a Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or other related field which included 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of college level accounting and three to four years of professional auditing or accounting experience. Professional accounting or auditing experience can substitute year for year for education but not for the credit hours in accounting.
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.
Nearby classes in Washington
Revenue Auditor 3 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | $61,755 | $94,037 | $61,755 to $94,037 |
| Wisconsin | $28.24 | $64.93 | $58,739 to $135,054 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.