Risk Management Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 399P
- Class code
- 399P
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Risk Management Specialist 3 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 399P.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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 Services, this is the senior level of the class series. These positions provide technical expertise, guidance and strategic planning to a region for the development and promotion of regulatory reform; or, lead lower level Risk Management Specialists in performing complex loss control consultations; or in headquarters, serves as the technical expert developing policies, procedures and training impacting the Risk Management Specialist programs.
Examples of the work
Performs industry-specific consultations for employers in technically diverse, difficult or new industries; serves as a specialist, identified by a business need, on a statewide or regional basis; identifies industry-unique issues concerning safety or occupational health, multi-industry concerns, specialized legislation, or organizational management; creates and recommends solutions which address identified issues. Develops marketing plans outlining methods for targeting high hazard, special emphasis employer groups; identifies the type and level of services to be provided.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree. AND Three years private sector experience administering, managing, developing or maintaining an accident prevention, safety or loss control program. OR Three years experience as a Risk Management Specialist 2, Loss Control Consultant, or Safety and Health Specialist 2. Additional qualifying experience may substitute, year for year, for education.
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.