Risk Management Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 399N
- Class code
- 399N
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Risk Management Specialist 1 is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 399N.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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
In the Department of Labor and Industries, Insurance and Consultation is the entry-level, in-training, class of the series. Incumbents will be advanced to Risk Management Specialist 2 classification after satisfactory completion of the structured training program (minimum of 12 months, maximum of 18 months). Assists Risk Management Specialist 2 or 3 in conducting workplace assessments and advising employers on strategies to improve safety and claims management systems.
Examples of the work
Assists higher-level Risk Management Specialists in assessing, evaluating and analyzing the current operations of a business and its claim and premium history to identify management needs or problems in workers’ compensation, safety and claims management systems, ergonomics, and administrative procedures; Advises employers on strategies to prevent injuries, reduce costs of industrial insurance, improve safety and claims management systems, including specific recommendations for time-phased consultations, hazard correction, and policy development; develops written action plans to identify goals; monitors and documents employers’ progress on identified goals; Assists in developing and conducti ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree. OR Four years’ experience in insurance loss control, risk management, occupational safety and health, underwriting disability or workers’ compensation insurance rates or audits, claims adjudication, or vocational services. Equivalent education/experience.
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.